RANKINE, Reginald Gemmell
| Service Number: | SX25953 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 June 1942, Warradale, SA |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 109 Anti Tank / 112 Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Tumby Bay, South Australia, 13 November 1921 |
| Home Town: | Seacliff, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Auburn and Brighton Primary Schools, Thebarton Junior Technical School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Injuries, Merredin Western Australia, 15 May 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Plot N. Row C. Gravesite 14. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton St Judes Anglican Church WW2 Honour Board, Brighton St Judes Anglican Church WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jun 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, SX25953, 109 Anti Tank / 112 Tank Attack Regiment | |
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| 18 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Warradale, SA | |
| 18 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX25953 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Norman Reginald Gemmell and Rose Marie Rankine, of Seacliffe, South Australia.
Gunner Reg Rankine, A.I.F., who was killed in a railway accident at Merriden. Western Australia, was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Rankine of Brighton road, Seacliff. He was educated at Auburn and Brighton Primary and Thebarton Junior Technical Schools. He enlisted in the military forces in July, 1940 , and two years later transferred to the A.I.F. At the time of his death he was returning from recreational leave in Adelaide, and was on duty on a train.
FATAL FALL FROM TRAIN.
MERREDIN. May 16.--Gnr Reginald Gemmell Rankine (23),Of South Australia, received fatal injuries when he fell from a flat topped railway waggon attached to a goods train, which was leaving Merredin at 6.45 pm yesterday. He was removed to the Merredin Hospital, where he died about 10 pm.
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