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CROXTON, William Ernest Ronald
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX5385 |
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Enlisted: | 17 June 1940, Adelaide, SA - Wayville |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Moonta, SA, 16 April 1916 |
Home Town: | Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | City of West Torrens WW2 Boulevard of Honour, Moonta Mines Public School Honour Roll WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX5385, Army Training Units, Adelaide, SA - Wayville | |
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17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX5385, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
20 Apr 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX5385, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk | |
17 Sep 1942: | Involvement Private, SX5385, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, El Alamein | |
21 May 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX5385, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns | |
21 May 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX5385, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
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