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RANKIN, Donald Edward
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 284965 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Transport and Movement Offices |
| Born: | Charra, South Australia, 17 April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Production Manager and Shipping Supervisor - Emu Wine Co. Morphett Vale |
| Died: | Suicide - died as a result of injury caused by revolver shot, Goodenough Island, New Guinea, 20 December 1943, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A3 E 6 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John Edward Alexander and Ethel Rankin; husband of Annie Elizabeth Rankin, of South Brighton, South Australia.
RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL
It was found by the Court of Enquiry that the death of the abovednamed officer occurred on 20th December, 1943, at the camp site of No. 7 T & MO Detachment, Goodenough, and that the aboved named officer committed suicide by shooting himself through the forehead with his Service revolver whilst of unsound mind.
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