Richard Willoughby MASON

MASON, Richard Willoughby

Service Number: NX146151
Enlisted: 30 October 1942, Singleton, NSW
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 2nd Tank Battalion
Born: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 24 April 1905
Home Town: Pymble, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Solicitor
Died: Injuries, Dangar Cottage Hospital, Singleton, NSW, Australia, 3 April 1944, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Beresfield Crematorium, NSW
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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30 Oct 1942: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), NX146151, Singleton, NSW
30 Oct 1942: Enlisted NX146151
3 Apr 1944: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, NX146151, 2nd Tank Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Richard Willoughby MASON was born in Chatswood, Sydney on 24th April, 1905

His parents were John Norbert MASON & Charlotte Mary LONG who married in Sydney in 1896

He married Beatrice Valmai JENKINS at St Marks Church, Darling Point, Sydney on 5th April, 1934

Richard enlisted in the Australian Army on 30th October, 1942 - his last Rank was Captain with the 2nd Tank Battalion, Austraian Armoured Corps

He died of injuries due to a gun shot wound on 3rd April, 1944 in Dangar Cottage Hospital in Singleton,  NSW and was cremated at the Beresfield Crematorium in Newcastle

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Kur-ing-gai World War 2 Book of Remembrance

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