Norman William David RABY

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RABY, Norman William David

Service Number:	Q37003
Enlisted:	22 January 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	42 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 25 July 1918
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Rockhampton State High School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Southport, Queensland, Australia, 21 December 1965, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Allambe Memorial Park, Gold Coast Queensland Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

22 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, Q37003, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF
24 Mar 1941:	Involvement Corporal, Q37003, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF
24 Mar 1941:	Enlisted
9 Jan 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q37003, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Townsville to Milne Bay per Duntroon
9 Apr 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q37003, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Milne Bay per Hospital Ship Centaur
22 Sep 1944:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF
16 Mar 1945:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF
19 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, Q37003, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Corporal Norman William David Raby (Service No:Q37003) enlisted in the ACMF on 22 January 1940 as a Private attached to 42 Infantry Battalion AMF. Private Raby served in New Guinea from 9 January 1943 to 4 April 1943. On 22 September 1944 he was promoted to Lance Corporal and then to Corporal in March 1945. Corporal Raby was attached to 42 Infantry Battalion AMF at Discharge on 19 November 1945.

Born in 1918 in Rockhampton QLD, Norman was the eldest of three children (sons) of William Norman Raby (b1892 in Bundaberg, QLD) and Ella Noon Brock (b1899 in Muttaburra, QLD). William (a Wool Scourer) and Ella married in 1918 in Rockhampton, QLD where they settled and William worked as a Motor and Lorry Driver. The family moved to Brisbane in the 1940s, where William worked as a Roller Caster.

After completing High School in Rockhampton, Norman worked as a Shop Assistant and in 1942 in Brisbne, QLD he married Lillian Reece Kendall (b1920 in Rockhampton, QLD). Following his Discharge from the Army, Norman and Lillian settled in Brisbane where Norman worked as a Shop Assistant and Salesman until his death in 1965. Lillian died in 2002.

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