HOFMEYER, Ronald William
| Service Number: | SX626 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 31 March 1918 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawyer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Libya, 22 August 1941, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya 6 D 9 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Kensington & Norwood Honour Roll World War II Book and Case, Echunga War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Nov 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, SX626, 2nd/3rd Field Company / Squadron RAE | |
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| 22 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Woodside, SA | |
| 22 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, SX626 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick Charles and Agatha Margaret Hofmeyer, of Norwood, South Australia
A MAN HE LIVED, A SOLDIER HE DIED "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN"
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hofmeyer, of Beulah road, Norwood, have been advised that their youngest son, Lce. Sgt. R. W. Hofmeyer, was killed in action on August 22. Lce.-Sgt. Hofmeyer, who was 24, enlisted in the A.I.F. in November, 1939, and sailed overseas in May, 1940. Before joining up he worked on his uncle's property at Echunga.
The eldest son, Howard, is in Egypt, while the third son, Raymond, was discharged from the A.I.F. because of illness after nearly a year's service. Mr. Hofmeyer. sen., who fought in world war I., also saw service in the Port Arthur blockade in 1904-5 and the African Rebellion in 1906. He is engineer at the Hindmarsh Fire Brigade.
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