Edward John Joseph (Ringy) RINGROSE DCM

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RINGROSE, Edward John Joseph

Service Numbers:	736, NX14911
Enlisted:	15 May 1940
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Railway Construction Company (RAE)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 16 November 1893
Home Town:	Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

20 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 736, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Marere, Sydney
20 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 736, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marere embarkation_ship_number: A21 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

15 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX14911
14 Oct 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, NX14911, 2nd/1st Railway Construction Company (RAE)

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Biography contributed

Edward John Joseph RINGROSE was born in Sydney on 16th November, 1893

His parents were James RINGROSE & Kate MINIHSN who married in Sydney in 1885

He married Mary Ann Dorothea MARSH in Temora, NSW in 1919

He served in both WW1 and WW2

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Three of his brothers also served during WW1

1. Joseph Martin RINGROSE (SN 3910) 17th Infantry Battalion - Killed in Action in France on 26th July, 1916

2. Charles Vincent RINGROSE (SN 3355) - returned to Australia in 1917

3. Patrick Joseph RINGROSE (SN 967) - returned to Australia in 1918

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