Raymond Patrick (Ray or ET) ETTINGHAUSEN

ETTINGHAUSEN, Raymond Patrick

Service Number: N247387
Enlisted: 3 November 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 55th Infantry Battalion - Militia
Born: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 6 January 1923
Home Town: Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: 3 November 1997, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
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World War 2 Service

3 Nov 1941: Enlisted Private, N247387, 55th Infantry Battalion - Militia
14 Dec 1943: Discharged Private, N247387

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

He changed his name to Chester after the war because of the disdain towards German people.

 He served with 53/55 Battalion in New Guinea. ‘Mice of Moresby’ (as dubbed by Tokyo Rose) until he was wounded in the elbow by a sniper in a tree.