He looks very young to be an ERA2 class to me, more like an ERA 5th/4th class or Apprentice.
ERA & EA's wore no rank or rate badges, so its hard to tell exactly what they were. They were rated as Petty Officers but wore the red Class III cap badge, & the Chief ERA's wore the gold CPO cap badge.
If he was a Writer, Cook or Steward he would have worn a rate star on his right sleeve. Those rates also wore rank badges on their left sleeves.
Its hard to tell exactly what this rating was based on the photo alone,
Bryan
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