Raymond MAGENNIS

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MAGENNIS, Raymond

Service Number:	NX180074
Enlisted:	26 January 1945
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 7 December 1926
Home Town:	Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timber Faller/Wood Cutter/Labourer
Died:	Accidently killed (motorcycle accident), Myambat Ammunition Depot, Myambat, New South Wales, Australia,, 11 October 1946, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Muswellbrook General Cemetery, NSW Personal Inscription: - "TILL WE MEET AGAIN ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY YOUR LOVING WIFE & SON". Burial reference: - Plot H, Row D, Grave 6.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX180074
26 Jan 1945:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX180074

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Alfred James Magennis and Mary Kathrine Wilson, married 16th July 1908 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.

Wife: - Jean Patricia Sherwood married 1946, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.

Court of Inquiry convened 16th November 1946, at Myambat Military Base, concluded Private Raymond Magennis died almost instantly, when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a stationary motor vehicle on the army base. Cause of death was due to a fractured skull, he was on duty at the time of death.

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