TOOHEY, Richard Thomas
| Service Numbers: | SX14441, 14441 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1941, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 9 November 1918 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality - New South Wales, Australia, 27 April 1990, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Broken Hill Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Sep 1941: | Involvement Private, SX14441, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX14441, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 10 Mar 1943: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SX14441, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Port Moresby per Willis Van de Vanter for Cairns | |
| 27 Oct 1943: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SX14441, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, ex Cairns per Canberra for Port Moresby | |
| 13 Jun 1944: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SX14441, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, ex Lae per Duntroon for Townsville | |
| 16 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SX14441, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, ex Cairs per LST 673 for Morotai | |
| 11 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 14441, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, ex Cairns per LST 175 for Morotai | |
| 1 Aug 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 14441, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, ex Morotai per lSM311 for Balikapan | |
| 19 Nov 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 14441, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, emplaned Balikapan for NSW | |
| 7 Jan 1946: | Discharged | |
| 7 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX14441, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Richard was the second of four children of Thomas John Patrick Toohey (born 1889 in Bourke, NSW) and first wife Elizabeth Williamson (born 1890 in Charleville, QLD). Thomas and Elizabeth married in 1917 in Charleville, QLD and lived at Kyabra, QLD before moving to the Tibooburra Region via Broken Hill in NSW.
Born in Toowoomba, QLD, Richard was fourteen years of age when his mother died. He was working as a Station Hand at Plympah Station at Tibooburra via Broken Hill, NSW when he enlisted in the Army at Wayville in South Australia in 1941. Richard served as a Private (Service No:SX14441) with 2nd 10th Infantry Battalion in New Guinea (21/12/1942 - 12/3/1943 and 24/9/1943 - 3/8/1944) and in Borneo (29/5/1954 - 13/11/1945). He was Discharged in January 1946.
A Grazier on Oakdale Station via Broken Hill, NSW, Richard married Lorraine Jean McKinnon (born 1920 in Broken Hill, NSW) in 1956. Lorraine had served with the RAAF in WWII (Corporal, Service No:96837). Richard continued to run Oakdale Station until his detah in 1990. Lorraine died in 2000.
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