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RAMSDALE, Richard
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX7244 |
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Enlisted: | 29 June 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Otaki, New Zealand, 29 September 1918 |
Home Town: | Meadows, Mount Barker, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Died: | Natural causes, 8 August 2000, aged 81 years, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
29 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX7244, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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29 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX7244, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
10 Jul 1942: | Honoured Military Medal, El Alamein, For "Extreme courage and devotion at Tel El Eisa on 10 Jul 1942" | |
23 Nov 1945: | Discharged Signaller, SX7244, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
23 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX7244, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Oaten
"SX7244, Private Richard Ramsdale, MM, of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion received his (Military Medal) award for laying signal wire under heavy fire during the action at Tel El Eisa on 10 Jul 1942