Eric
Abner Richard
Annetts
Born in Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Arnold John Annetts
and Alice Maria (Hammond) Annetts
Brother of
Ivy F (Hammond) Annetts, Joyce Elizabeth Naomi (Annetts) Nielsen RN and Maxwell John Annetts
Husband of
Phyllis (Bell) Annetts
— married
14 Apr 1941 in Concord West, New South Wales, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 79
in New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Dec 2017
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Biography
Eric Annetts was born in New South Wales, Australia
Eric Abner Richard Annetts was born on 24th May 1915 in Sydney's western suburbs, New South Wales, Australia. He was the older son of Arnold Annetts and Alice Hammond. [1]
Eric married Phyllis Bell on 14th April 1941 in Concord West, New South Wales. [2]
Eric Annetts is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps 1941-1944.
9th Battalion
Served in the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps 1941-1944.
9th Battalion
On 23rd April 1941 at Strathfield, eight days after the wedding, Eric enlisted in the Australian Army's Volunteer Defence Corps for part-time service at home during the Second World War. He was allocated to the 9th Battalion (NSW), based at Randwick, in Sydney's eastern suburbs. He discharged on 30th August 1944. [3] Following the war, he was awarded the Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 for three years VDC service.
Whilst Eric made his home in Sydney, his parents and younger brother, Maxwell, settled in Melbourne, Victoria. His sister, Joyce, moved to the United States with her family in 1954.
Aged about eighty years, he passed away in 1995 in New South Wales. [4]
Sources
- ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #20856/1915; registered at Burwood
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #13761/1941
- ↑ Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll: N468568 Private Eric Abner Richard Annetts; accessed 27 Nov 2023
- ↑ unsubstantiated family records
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