TOOHEY, Roy Patrick
| Service Number: | SX14298 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 27 April 1921 |
| Home Town: | Tibooburra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Tarakan, Borneo, 7 May 1945, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tibooburra Milparinka District War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX14298, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 1 Sep 1941: | Involvement Private, SX14298 | |
| 1 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX14298, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX14298, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, per Rapula for Middle East | |
| 1 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX14298, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, ex Middle East to Melbourne | |
| 14 Sep 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX14298, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, ex Cairns per HT Allen to Milne Bay | |
| 20 Nov 1943: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX14298, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, GSW to thigh | |
| 2 Jun 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX14298, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, ex Finschafen per Edward N Westcott to Brisbane | |
| 30 Apr 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX14298, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, ex Townsville per Sea Cat to Morotai | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Roy was the third of four children of Thomas John Patrick Toohey (born 1889 in Bourke, NSW) and Elizabeth Williamson (born 1893 in Charleville, QLD). Thomas was a Mail Contractor in Charleville, QLD in 1917 when he married Elizabeth and they settled in the Thargoninda region in QLD where they raised their family and Thomas worked as a Manager. The family moved to Tibooburra near Broken Hill, NSW in the late 1920's, and Elizabeth died in 1932.
Roy was a Station Hand at Tibooburra near Broken Hill, NSW when he enlisted in the Army in 1941. He was a Private (Service No:SX14298) with 26 Infantry Battalion and 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, He served in the Middle East and New Guinea and was KiA at Tarakan (GSW to the abdomen). War correspondent Brennan wrote about the Japanes assault on Sykes in the Bulletin, stating 'Private Roy Toohey of Tibooburra, NSW, showing a complete disregard for personal danger, pressed on within a few yards of the position and killed the crew with a burst from his Owen'. Roy's three brothers also served in WWII - Thomas John (Private; Service No:SX1606), Sydney John (Private; Service Nos:SX20355/S62877) and Richard Thomas (Private: Service No:SX14441).
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