WING, Raymond Alfred
| Service Number: | 2404 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 23 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 21 June 1964, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ulverstone General Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Gunns Plains District Roll of Honour WW1, Gunns Plains Memorial Seat, Gunns Plains Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2404, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2404, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2404, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Raymond Wing’s father wrote to General Birdwood, GOC of the AIF, in early 1918.
“I am writing to ask if you can send my son No. 2404 Pte R. A. Wing home as he is the only one left out of three. He has been in France since April 1917, one of his brothers was killed at Pozieres in August 1916 and another in Messines October 1917. I think we have done our share as there are families of five and seven sons around us who have not yet sent one and not intending to so perhaps if you cannot give him his discharge you can move him out of the firing line and give us a chance of getting one back home again. Hoping you can do this for me, I remain Yours obediently E. J. Wing, Gunns Plains, Tasmania.”
Raymond’s brothers, 2531 Pte. Robert George (Bob) Wing 15th Battalion AIF, was killed in action 9 August 1916, aged 19 and 2408 Pte. Allan John Joseph Wing 40th Battalion AIF was killed on 13 October 1917, aged 23.
Raymond was returned to Australia by order of the GOC AIF, General Birdwood on 24 August 1918.
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