MCDONALD, Ronald James
Service Number: | SX10470 |
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Enlisted: | 30 November 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Broken Hill, NSW, 14 April 1909 |
Home Town: | Brompton, South Australia |
Schooling: | Broken Hill and Brompton Public Schools |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
30 Nov 1940: | Involvement Private, SX10470 | |
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30 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10470, South Australia | |
30 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10470, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion | |
17 Dec 1943: | Discharged | |
17 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10470, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs Ada and the late E McDONALD, of 72 West Street, Brompton, SA. Educated at Broken Hill and Brompton Public Schools, Ronald was fond of reading and followed racing. In civilian life he worked at a brickyard for some time and enlisted in October 1940. He left Australia in April 1941 for the Middle East and has seen service in the Middle East and Syria. Returned to Australia in March 1942.