Mayger DSM, Archibald Hilton

Date of Birth	1914-05-12
Date of Death	1959-11-22
Gender	Male
Birth Place	Australia, New South Wales, Broken Hill

Service Details

Service	RAN - Royal Australian Navy
Date of Entry	1936-11-16
Rank	Engine Room Artificer II
Rate	Engine Room Artificer
Official Number	21309
Discharged Date	1945-05-05
Discharge Type	PUNS - Permanently Unfit for Naval Service
Service Period	1936-1945
Active Service (War service)	WW2
Service Record	Yes
Ship	Refer Service Record see Sources

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium Plassey Rd Macquarie Park NSW 2113
Cemetery Address	Macquarie Park, NSW
Demonination/Area	General Lawn
Section	1
Row	24
Grave Number	23

Notes

DSM for Service onboard Arunta as ERA during operations in Leyte Gulf. Citation: His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Distinguished Service Medal to Engine Room Artificer Second Class Archibald Hilton Mayger, Royal Australian Navy, for skill, determination and courage while serving in Leyte Gulf operations. In a letter from H.R.H. the Governor General of Australia, ERA II A.Mayger DSM, RAN was advised that the medal would be presented by the Governor of New South Wales, His Excellency Lieutenant General John Northcott C.B., M.V.O., on behalf of His Excellency the Acting Governor-General at Government House, Sydney on 27 February 1947. Someone, NOK, Undertaker etc got fooled by the joke ERA Engineer Rear Admiral and placed it on his headstone

Sources

Service Record - Australian National Archives Nominal Roll - Department of Veterans Affairs DVA Commemoration Details

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