Roderick Yelverton Lee Steere (1916 - 1944)

Born 1916 in Western Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Died 29 Jun 1944 at about age 28 in At Sea

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Biography

• SS Nellore (+1944) . . more at wrecksite . .

Son of Ernest Augustus Lee Steere and Bridget Yelverton Lee Steere
Brother of Ernest Henry Lee-Steere;
Betty Lefroy; Margaret Anna Jackson;
Muriel Dawkins and Charles Augustus Lee Steere

He attended Hale School and St Peters College (Adelaide).

Roderick enlisted in the Royal Australia Navy on 14/9/1940 and was discharged on 24th January, 1944. He died on 29th June, 1944 whilst serving in the Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve during the sinking of the ship HMS Rhyl by the Japanese.

DEATH NOTICE. PERSONAL His parents have been notified by the Naval Board that Lieut Roderick Lee Steere has been reported missing as a result of the loss of the ship in which he was returning to Australia. Lieut Lee Steere is the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lee Steere, of 52 Mount-street. He went to England three years ago as a sub-lieut In the RANVR and served in corvettes and minesweepers, later doing instructional work ashore. It will be recalled that Mr and Mrs Lee Steere lost their eldest son in the early stages of the war when serving with the RAF.

Sources

• West Australia BDM records. Birth reg 1037/1916.
• Consecration of Lee Steere Memorial Sanctuary in St Stephen's Anglican Church, Toodyay. March, 1948.
  

• Death Notice. The Wiluna Miner 4/8/1944. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/258087879?searchTerm=lee-steere

• https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=006734744829220;res=IELHSS;type=pdf The sinking of SS Nellore by the Japanese in 1944 ]