NUTTALL, Ronald
| Service Number: | WX14822 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 July 1941, Claremont, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bunbury, Western Australia, 3 April 1921 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Accidental, At sea (Nino Bixio), Mediterranean Sea, 17 August 1942, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Col 94; Also memorialised at Cowaramup Cemetery WA. |
| Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Private, WX14822, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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| 2 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX14822, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Aug 1942: | Involvement Private, WX14822, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
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Biography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin
Ronald (Ron) was the eldest child of Charles and Beatrice. He had six younger siblings; his eldest sister Roma served in the AWAS. The family lived in Cowaramup WA.
Ron was one of 41 Australian POWs killed when the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Mediterranean on 17 August 1942. The Nino Bixio was transporting Allied POWs from Libya to Italy. Of the 122 Australian POWs to survive the incident, four died later by execution. Most of the Australian casualties were from the 2/28th Infantry Battalion.
Both Ron's parents lived into the 90s; they are interred at Busselton Cemetery WA.
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