Ronald Matthew VOGT

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VOGT, Ronald Matthew

Service Number:	24054
Enlisted:	19 February 1940, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born:	Blyth, South Australia, Australia, 25 September 1919
Home Town:	Strathalbyn, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England. Panel 57 Column 1.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Karoonda Oval Memorial Gates, Karoonda Roll of Honor, Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens, Macclesfield Honour Roll WW2, Macclesfield Memorial Gates, Macclesfield Paris Creek Roll of Honour, Macclesfield War Memorial, Mosman Bradleys Head HMAS Sydney Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Strathalbyn RSL Hall Honour Board, Strathalbyn War Memorial, Wynarka WWII Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

19 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 2/c, 24054, Melbourne, Victoria
12 Feb 1941:	Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
13 Jun 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2

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Biography contributed by Lynette Scragg

"...Able Seaman Ronald Matthew Vogt. Able Seaman Vogt was born in Blyth, Vic, and was the oldest of ten siblings. He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on 19 February 1940. Following training at HMAS Cerberus in Victoria, he joined the crew of HMAS Sydney [II] on 12 January 1941. He was killed in action when HMAS Sydney was sunk after the action with the German raider Kormoran in the Indian Ocean on 20 November 1941." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Joseph Paul and Florence Gertrude Vogt, of Strathalbyn, South Australia.

A.B. Ronald Matthew Vogt, 22, joined the navy two years ago, realising a life-long ambition. He trained at Flinders Naval Depot and was posted to the Sydney as a seaman in February. After four months he passed his A.B. test and later went through a gunnery course.
A.B. Vogt was the eldest of a family of 10 children of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Vogt, of Strathalbyn. Mr. Vogt is a member of the 4th Garrison Brigade.

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