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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 19894" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Withers </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Alfred Percival </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Beach Commandos (R.A.N.) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Able Seaman </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>PM.5554 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>19th December 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sydney War Cemetery,New South Wales,Australia D.D.11 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 21.11.1924 Ballarat,Victoria,Australia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Alfred Gilbert (1888-1972) and Margaret Mary Withers (1901-1971), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 16.12.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HMAS Penguin (Beach Commandos)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died of illness (cerebral tumour) 2/2 CCS,Balikpapan,Borneo</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-withers.35474/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35474-16c2802026ca0c7343dfe76b673ce518.jpg?1619894117" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-withers.8390/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8390-cf01626b77c60d5adacfc09f0d318a48.jpg?1591389267" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-withers-grave.35473/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35473-2562668346509a92ae2072ac25201e81.jpg?1619893952" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">notes from John Kennett</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Alfred Percival Withers</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Number: PM5554</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Rank: Able Seaman</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>D.O.B.: 21st November 1924, Ballarat, Victoria</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Service History</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>16.12.42 Enlisted as an Ordinary Seaman, HMAS</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Cerberus</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>15.01.43 Posted to HMAS Penguin</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>19.03.43 Posted to HMAS Assault</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>18.05.43 Assault Trained</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>19.05.43 Posted to HMAS Penguin</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>10.07.43 Posted to HMAS Assault</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>18.08.43 Posted to HMAS Manoora</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>15.10.43 Promoted to Able Seaman</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>09.12.43 Posted to 6th Australian Division (Army)</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>22.01.44 Posted to HMAS Platypus</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>26.02.44 Posted to Beach Landing Group, Cairns</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>27.02.44 Posted to HMAS Manoora</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>18.03.44 Qualified as sea for Able Seaman</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>17.07.44 Posted to Naval Beach Commandos, Kuranda</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>01.01.45 Posted to HMAS Magnetic</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>16.03.45 Posted to HMAS Madang ? Naval Beach Commando ?B?, Borneo</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>15.10.45 Naval Beach Commando ?B?, Balikpapan</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>09.11.45 Admitted 2/2nd Casualty Clearing Station, Balikpapan</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>18.11.45 Returned to Australia and posted to HMAS Penguin</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>02.12.45 Admitted 113th Australian General Hospital</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>16.12.45 Awarded 1st Good Conduct Badge</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>19.12.45 Died of a cerebal tumour. Buried Sydney War Cemetery, NSW.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Plot D, Row D, Grave 11.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Notes Commemorated on Wall of Remembrance, Australian War</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Memorial, Canberra, ACT.</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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