Ralph (Jump or Reg) HONNER DSO MC

HONNER, Ralph

    Other Name: Honner, Hyacinth Ralph
    Service Number: WX15
    Enlisted: 24 October 1939
    Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    Last Unit: 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Fremantle, Western Australia, 17 August 1904
    Home Town: Nedlands, Nedlands, Western Australia
    Schooling: Three Springs primary school, Perth Boys’ School, Perth Modern School, 1918-21 and Claremont Teachers College, Western Australia
    Occupation: Teacher, Solicitor
    Died: Heart disease, Fairlight, New South Wales, Australia, 14 May 1994, aged 89 years
    Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
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    World War 2 Service

    24 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, WX15
    3 Jan 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, WX15, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Robert Johnson

    Ralph taught at Hale School, one of Perth's leading private colleges, in the 1930's.  He is remembered in 2003 by one of his students, Dr John Craig, as, "...a great example: neat, precise and courteous but definite - the cuts on the fingers a never-to-be-forgotten exercise.  His future military and legal fame, I presume all know of..."

    Source: "From Slate to Cyberspace, Hale School - 150 Years" by Dr Bill Edgar, 2008, page 164. 

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