Ross Rainaud Brooks LLOYD

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LLOYD, Ross Rainaud Brooks

Service Number:	NX23921
Enlisted:	3 June 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Army Corps Ammunition Park
Born:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 26 December 1916
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lorry Driver
Died:	Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia, 25 May 2006, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

3 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX23921
4 Apr 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX23921, 7th Division Supply Column AASC, to Greece
26 Sep 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal
27 Aug 1943:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant
18 Aug 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX23921, ex Morotai to Balikapan per LCT992
14 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX23921, ex Cairns to Morotai per LST703
2 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX23921, Army Corps Ammunition Park

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Ross was the youngest of four children of Frederick Lancelot Lloyd (b1876 in Sydney NSW) and Catherine Susannah Wheatley (b 1877 in Melbourne, Victoria). Frederick (a Storeman) and Catherine married in 1901 in Sydney NSW where they settled and raised their family.

Ross worked as Bread Carter and Lorry Driver in Sydney and in 1940 enlisted in the Australian Army. He served (Private; Service No:NX23921) with 1 Comps ASC Ammunition Battalion and No 107 General Transport Coy AASC in the Middle East (14 September 1940 to 19 March 1943) and was promoted to Corporal in 1942. Ross was promoted to Sergeant in Darwin (21 March 1942 to 2 June 1944). Ross was in North Borneo (22 May 1945 to 3 August 1945) and was attached to 1 Corps Ammunition Park AASC when he was Discharged in November 1945.

In 1944 Ross married Edith Mabel Maisey (nee Sames; b1911 in Auburn, NSW) and following their Divorce in 1946 he married Enid Mabel Luscombe (b1912 in Sydney, NSW) - Enid was working as a Clerk in Sydney. Ross and Enid settled in Sydney where Ross worked as a Stone Mason. Enid died in 1980 and Ross in 2006.

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