Alfred Stanford Holdsworth (1914 - 1954)

Born 10 Jan 1914 in Rose Park, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Died 18 Feb 1954 at age 40 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

DSM MD

• https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10163907
• https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10163906
• https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10137761
• https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10137762

Mentioned in dispatches

Unit: HMAS Nestor

Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank: Petty Officer

London Gazette: 17 November 1942 on page 4992 at position 5

• https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10137762

Distinguished Service Medal

Unit: HMAS Australia

Conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank: Chief Petty Officer

London Gazette: 01 May 1945 on page 2298 at position 16

Commonwealth Gazette: 11 May 1945 on page 1081 at position 17

• https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1560582
• https://issuu.com/westernportnews/docs/wpn_24th_april_2019

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G9V3-59K
• https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4553271
• https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1534424/
• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37058/supplement/2298/data.pdf
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• Navy Stoker Decorated (1945, May 11). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved November 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43492530
• Government Gazette Notices (1945, May 11). Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), p. 1081. Retrieved November 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232762655
• What is Happening in Your Home State (1945, May 13). Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), p. 2. Retrieved November 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47716997
• TRANSCONTINENTAL NEWS ROUND-UP (1945, May 17). Guinea Gold (Papua New Guinea : 1942 - 1945), p. 2 (AUSTRALIAN EDITION). Retrieved November 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250663237
• S.A. Man In London Party (1946, April 16). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved November 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35690004
• Family Notices (1952, September 23). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved November 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205414799
• Family Notices (1954, February 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 10. Retrieved November 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26591730
• Family Notices (1954, February 19). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved November 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206084772
• Family Notices (1954, March 4). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), p. 42. Retrieved November 18, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93943531