Richard Sextus Daly WINTER

WINTER, Richard Sextus Daly

Service Number: WX32775
Enlisted: 2 December 1940, Claremont, Western Australia
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ceylon, India, 19 February 1920
Home Town: Belmont, Belmont, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer/Plumber/Postman
Died: Killed in Action, Tarakan, Borneo, 3 May 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
Plot 24, Row A, Grave 8, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

2 Dec 1940: Enlisted Private, WX32775, Claremont, Western Australia
2 Dec 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX32775, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
30 Oct 1941: Promoted Corporal
7 Nov 1942: Promoted Lance Sergeant
5 Jul 1944: Transferred Lance Sergeant, 1st Australian Corps Headquarters
25 Oct 1944: Involvement Corporal, WX32775, Reverted to Corporal from Lance Sergeant
23 Apr 1945: Embarked Corporal, WX32775, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Moratai for service in Tarakan
3 May 1945: Involvement Corporal, WX32775, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Richard Sextus Daly WINTER was born on 19th February, 1920 in Ceylond, India

His parents were William Sextus Daly WINTER and Annie Gertrude Elizabeth GRAY who married in St Pauls Church, Kandy, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

His father took up planting in Ceylon and farming once he arrived in Australia - The whole family of parents & 10 children all born in Ceylon came to Australia and one more child (Robert) was born on board the ship (RMS Maloja) en route to Australia where they arrived on 21st December, 1926

Richard married Lorraine MEDBURY in 1944 in Western Australia - one son Richard WINTER

He enlisted in Claremont, WA on 2nd December, 1940 & was living in Belmont WA at the time

He saw service in the Middle East at Tobruk from April 1941 and at El Alamein from July 1942 and the 2/48th Battatlion was sent to New Guinea and in April, 1945 to Morotai, Borneo

He was promoted to Corporal on 30.1.41 and to Lance Sergeant on 7.11.42 & reverted to Corporal on 25.10.44

Units he served in - Service No. 5439 and WX32775

66th AA Coy from 5.7.1941, 20 Employ. Platoon 15.12.1941, HQ 1 Australian Corp. 5.7.1944 - his last unit was 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion - Previous 10 months AASC 1939-1940, 55 AA Coy.

Richard was Killed in Action on 3rd May, 1945 at Tarakan, Borneo - he was buried in the field & later reburied in Labuan War Cemetery

Inscription reads:

"DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE LORRIE AND SON RICHARD"

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Belmont, Western Australia

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Richards brother Patrick Daly WINTER (WX11955) also served in WW2 and was Killed in Action at Wewak, New Guinea on 15th May, 1945

Brother Alfred Daly WINTER (WX8110) served in WW2 and was discharged in 1945

Brother Edmund Deslandes WINTER ( S33553) served in WW2 in the Australian Army & was discharged in 1946

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