Alan Williamson
John Robertson

Alan Williamson

Alan Royce Williamson
Able Seaman
PM3947
1 Beach Landing Group,Naval Beach Commandos
born 8.7.1920 Shepparton,Victoria
enlisted 26.11.1941
discharged 21.1.1946 (HMAS Lonsdale)

photo courtesy of John Kennett
note by John Kennett

Alan Royce Williamson

Number: PM3947
Rank: Able Seaman
D.O.B.: 8th July 1920, Shepparton, Victoria


Service History
26.11.41 Enlisted as an Ordinary Seaman, HMAS
Cerberus
26.01.42 Qualified in Seamanship and Gunnery
21.04.42 Posted to HMAS Manoora
10.10.42 Promoted to Able Seaman
27.10.42 Posted to HMAS Arunta (Destroyer).
This period saw Arunta involved in the evacuation of Commandos
from Timor in January 1943. Involved in Convoy Escort Duty from
January to May 1943 and saw service in the South West Pacific in
July 1943.
21.07.43 Posted to HMAS Cerberus
14.12.43 Posted to HMAS Moreton
08.02.44 Posted to Beach Party, Cairns
26.03.44 Posted to HMAS Platypus
26.04.44 Posted to Beach Landing Group, Cairns
05.05.44 Posted to Naval Beach Commandos, Kuranda
04.06.44 Posted to HMAS Lonsdale
06.07.44 Posted to HMAS Quiberon (Destroyer). Saw service in the Nicobar
Islands in October 1944, Okinawa from April to June 1945 and
Japan from August to September 1945, before returning to
Australia in September 1945.
26.11.44 Awarded 1st Good Conduct Badge
11.12.45 Posted to HMAS Lonsdale
21.01.46 Demobilised
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