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FETTES, James Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 7290 |
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Enlisted: | 14 December 1912 |
Last Rank: | Engine Room Artificer III |
Last Unit: | HMAS AE1 (Submarine) |
Born: | Pyrmont, New South Wales, 30 September 1884 |
Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Drowned in accidental loss of vessel), St George's Channel, Papua New Guinea, St George's Channel, New Pomerania, Bismarck Archipelago, German New Guinea, 14 September 1914, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balmain War Memorial, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 1), Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Teneriffe Submariners Walk |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
14 Dec 1912: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman |
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World War 2 Service
17 Dec 1912: | Enlisted 7290 |
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World War 1 Service
14 Sep 1914: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Engine Room Artificer III, 7290, HMAS AE1 (Submarine), German New Guinea |
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