MCGOWAN, Raymond Ralph
| Service Numbers: | V78685, VX116520 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10 Advance Ordnance Depot |
| Born: | Albert Park, Melbourne Ports, Victoria, 2 October 1912 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tinsmith |
| Died: | Altona, Melbourne, Victoria, 5 April 1961, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Footscray Cemetery, Victoria https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207900705/raymond-r-mcgowan |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V78685, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company | |
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| 27 Dec 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V78685, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company, embarked Melbourne for Port Moresby | |
| 28 Jul 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V78685, 2nd/3rd Australian Army Ordnance Corps | |
| 29 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX116520 | |
| 1 Sep 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX116520, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company, embarked New Guinea for Townsville on board Katoomba | |
| 17 Oct 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX116520, embarked Townsville for New Guinea on board Montoro | |
| 29 Sep 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX116520, embarked Port Moresby for Townsville on board Ormiston | |
| 1 Dec 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 10 Advance Ordnance Depot | |
| 16 Apr 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX116520 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Raymond Ralph McGowan (Service No:VX116520) initially served in the ACMF (Private; Service No:V17865) from 3 November 1941 to 28 July 1942. Promoted to Corporal in May 1942, he was attached to 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores AAOC in New Guinea when he enlisted 'in the field' in the AIF. Corporal McGowan served in New Guinea (27 December 1941 to 1 September 1943 and 17 October 1943 to 29 September 1944), and was attached to 10 Ordnance Depot (AOD) at Discharge on 16 April 1946.
Ray was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1911, fourth of eight children of Thomas McGowan (b1878 in Ecucha, Victoria) and Caroline Louisa Phipps (b1883 at Littleriver, Victoria). Thomas was a Labourer in Melbourne when he and Caroline married in 1905. They settled in Melbourne where they raised their family and Thomas worked as a Labourer, Pipe Moulder and Furnaceman.
Ray worked as a Tinsmith and Diesetter in Altona in Melbourne before enlisting in the Army in 1941. He returned to Melbourne following his Discharge and worked in Altona as a Tinsmith and Diesetter until his death in 1961.