CHANNON, Raymond Walter
| Service Number: | NX18308 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Edmonton, England, 1923 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Sheriffs Officer |
| Died: | Illness, Sydney, NSW, 15 September 1986 |
| Cemetery: |
Frenchs Forest Cemetery, NSW Anglican, Row T, Plot 3 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 28 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX18308, Paddington, Sydney | |
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| 28 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX18308, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| 4 Sep 1943: | Involvement Private, NX18308, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA | |
| 7 Mar 1945: | Discharged Private, NX18308, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| 7 Mar 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX18308, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, NX18308, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale
2/17 Bn campaign - WIA New Guinea
Posting at discharge - 101 General Transport Company
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Raymond Walter CHANNON was born in Edmonton, England in 1923 - he had stated he was born in 1920 & tried to join the Navy and then the Army and was rejected because he was underage & had no parents permission
His parents were Walter CHANNON & Rosetta Charlotte ROWLAND who married in Edmonton, UK in 1922 -
He was brought out to Australia under the Youth Migration Scheme & arrived in Sydney on the ship Oronsay in 1939 - hie parents & sister arrived in 1948
He married Marie Eunice COGGINS in Sydney in 1944
He enlisted in Paddington, Sydney on 28th May 1940 and was discharged from the Army on 7th March, 1945 - his last unit was listed as 101 General Transport Company
Raymond died in Sydney in 1986
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His Father Walter served in the Royal Flying Corp (RFC) during WW1
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