DALE, Richard Thomas
| Service Numbers: | NX201833, NX20183 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia, 11 June 1925 |
| Home Town: | Cronulla, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Metal Spinner |
| Died: | Swansea, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1978, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX201833, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX201833, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, embarked Townsville for Morotai on board the General Anderson en route for service in Balikapan | |
| 9 Jul 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX20183, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, embarked Rabaul for Sydney on board the Ormiston | |
| 6 Nov 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX201833, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Richard Thomas Dale (Service No:NX201833) enlisted in the AIF on 16 July 1943, and marched out to 1 Australian Machine Gun Training Battalion and then 4 Artillery Battalion. Private Dale transferred to 2/27 Infantry Battalion on 24 July 1944, and was attached to the Battalion on 2 June 1945 when he embarked from Townsville for Morotai on board the General Anderson, en route for service in Balikapan. On 30 January 1946, Private Dale was in Rabaul when he marched out to 26 Infantry Battalion, embarking on 9 July 1946 from Rabaul for Sydney on board the Ormiston. Private Dale then served with 21 Works Coy, and was attached to 2/27 Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 6 November 1946.
Richard was born in Cronulla, New South Wales in 1925, youngest of three children of Thomas Dale (b1886 in Brighton, Victoria) and Ethel (Kitty) Kate Smith (b1885 in Buckinghamshire, England). Tom was a Labourer in Sydney when he enlisted in the Army in 1915, and was recovering from wounds (amputation of left arm) in London in 1917 when he and Kitty married - Kitty was working in London as a Housemaid. Following Tom's Discharge from the Army, Kitty immigrated in 1919, arriving in Sydney on board the Ormiston. Tom and Kitty lived in Sydney, Moruya and Cronulla, where they raised their family and Tom worked as a Labourer and Watchman. Tom enlisted in the Army in 1941, serving in the ACMF and then the Interim Army until 1948. Following his Discharge, Tom (a Military Pensioner) and Kitty moved to Charlotte Bay via Taree, where Tom died in 1952. Kitty died in 1974.
Richard was living in Cronulla and working as a Metal Spinner for Quick Heat Products in 1943 when he enlisted in the AIF. Following his Discharge from the Army, Richard was a Metal Polisher in 1948 when he married Beryl Joan Crane (b1918 in Gundagai, New South Wales) in Katoomba. Richard and Beryl settled in Sydney, where they raised their family and Richard was a Metal Polisher. In the mid 1950s they moved to Bowral, where Richard was a Carpenter, and in the late 1950s they moved to Caloundra in QLD, where Richard worked as a Labourer. In the early 1960s the couple settled at Swansea in Port Macquarie, and Richard worked as a Painter until his death in 1978. Beryl died in 2000.
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