Submarine lost - Discharged Missing Presumed Dead.
Service Period
1910-1914
Active Service (War service)
WW1
Service Record
Yes
Ship
AE1 HMAS - E Class Submarine
Service 2
ANF - Australian Naval Forces
Official Number
ANF1588
Service Period
1910-1912
Other Details
Submariner
Yes
Cemetery Details
Cemetery Name
Rookwood Cemetery, Rookwood NSW 2141
Cemetery Address
Rookwood, NSW
Demonination/Area
Catholic Mortuary 1
Section
T
Row
37
Grave Number
444-445
Grave Type
Memorial Only
Notes
Enlisted onboard HMS Pyramus as Acting ERA Class 4
MEMORIAL ONLY No crew recovered from AE1. Vessels resting place only discovered DEC 2017 and location kept secret as it is a war grave. This memorial is NOT in the naval sections but only a few rows to the south of it. ANF service 1910-09-08 to 1912-12-13
Location https://what3words.com/corner.bounty.closer
Sources
ANF Enlistment AWM266 6/4/1588
Australian Naval Forces
Service Record - Australian National Archives
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Barrier Miner, Monday 28 Sept 1914, Page 3 (Pictorial Article)
The Catholic Press, Thursday 1 October 1914, page 22, 23;
