Richard Ely WINDLEY

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WINDLEY, Richard Ely

Other Name:	Windley, Richard Eley - WWII Service Record
Service Numbers:	6905, VX51561
Enlisted:	17 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 September 1899
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nailmaker
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt, 22 July 1942, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Albury 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion Albury's Own Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Dorcas St State School No 1253 and Montague State School No 2784 Honour Roll, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 6905, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 6905, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX51561
17 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51561, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by B Stanleu

Enlisted in WW1 aged 18 (born 1899) as part f 23rd Battalion, reenlisted in WW2 (with incorrect age)

WW2 Service Australian Army Rank Private VX51561
Posting on Death: 2/23rd Infantry Battalion, he was killed in action in Egypt and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Brunswick Vic, also his name is located at panel 51 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Fredrick and Annie Windley; husband of Eva Eleanor Windley, of West Brunswick, Victoria, Australia.

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