RITCHIE, Vincent Leo
| Service Numbers: | QX34811, Q90511 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 10 November 1918 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ipswich |
| Occupation: | PMG linesman |
| Died: | Cancer, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 18 July 1995, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld |
World War 2 Service
| 23 May 1941: | Involvement Q90511, also QX34811 | |
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| 23 May 1941: | Involvement Corporal, QX34811, also Q90511 | |
| 23 May 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 23 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX34811 | |
| 18 Feb 1947: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Brown
My dad was the 3rd son of Ceclia And Henry Ritchie, who enlisted in WW11, after his father fought bravely for this country during WW1. He never spoke about his time in the service too many bad memories I believe. I remember looking through his medals, and he had a Japanese sword. a souvenir effect I suppose if you could call it that, it still has blood stains on it. Anzac Day tormented him, as I suppose it did to a lot of soldiers.
when the war was over he was in the occupation forces in Japan. He wanted to take mum over there but sadly this never eventuated.after he returned home he married my mum who he met at Cloudland at the dance. They had 3 children of which I am the youngest.