James Frederick (Jim) RAMSAY

RAMSAY, James Frederick

Service Number: NX45833
Enlisted: 27 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Camberwell, England, 3 December 1910
Home Town: Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Worker
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 10 November 1942, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gladstone War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX45833
27 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX45833, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Graham Prior

Jim was sponsored by the Big Brother Movement to come to Australia in 1924. Five years later he sponsored his mother and youngest sister to come from England. Two other sisters were also sponsored under the immigration system. They made their life in Kempsey.

James Ramsay St, Kempsey is named for him

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