S1535
RANKINE (RANKIN), Mervyn Andrew
| Service Numbers: | 733, S76555 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Detention Barracks |
| Born: | Woolshed Flat, South Australia, 2 January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Iron Knob, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 27 February 1985, aged 88 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Iron Knob WW1 Roll of Honour , Iron Knob War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 733, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 733, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 733, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 9 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 733, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged in Australia after completing non-military training in England |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Private, S76555, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Broken Hill, New South Wales | |
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| 16 Apr 1942: | Involvement S76555 | |
| 6 Jan 1946: | Discharged Sergeant, S76555, Detention Barracks |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
Sergeant Mervyn A. Rankine was granted an extension of leave for 3 months prior to returning to Australia to complete a period of non-military employment (NME). During this period of time Sergeant Rankine undertook an Accountancy course at the YMCA George Williams College in London.
Whilst researching the personal particulars of Sgt. Mervyn A. Rankine in the South Australian Genealogy Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages I soon discovered that the closes match I could find was a Mervyn Andrew RANKIN who was born in 2 January 1897, which also match the details for his next-of-kin. The same name , Meryvn RANKIN was also the closes match I was able to find for a a person dying in Adelaide in 1985. Further searches could not locate a history for a Mervyn Andrew Rankine who had previously served with Australian Imperial Force during the First World War.
There is also an anomaly with his Attestation Paper and Service Record, in which there is a difference in the hand writing and then the signature. I could only imagine due to his age and/or the disapproval of his parents that he has had someone else fill out the paperwork for him and he has made the slight change in his surname to confuse the authorities.
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