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DALRYMPLE, Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX1918 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Airdre, Scotland, 29 January 1919 |
| Home Town: | Busselton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Crete, Crete, Greece, 21 May 1941, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Suda Bay War Cemetery (Souda Bay) Greece Buried Row E, Plot 20, Suda Bay War Cemetery, Suda Bay, Crete, Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park Of Remembrance War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, WX1918 | |
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| 5 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Gunner, WX1918, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Busselton before going to Northam for training | |
| 5 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX1918, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment | |
| 21 May 1941: | Involvement Battle of Crete |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
Thomas Dalrymple was a 22yo from Busselton, when he was killed in action 21 May 1941, Crete. 2/3rd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gunner Dalrymple, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 21 May 1941. WA. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 1, Row E, Plot 20.
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