Ronald Michal MINORGAN

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MINORGAN, Ronald Michal

Other Name:	Minorgan, Ronald Michael - True Name
Service Number:	F3633
Enlisted:	30 June 1941, Ronald's service record shows that he enlisted in the Royal Australian Navel Reserve and was mobilized on 30 June 1941.
Last Rank:	Steward
Last Unit:	HMAS Hobart (I)
Born:	Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia, 3 October 1916
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Killed in Action, Coral Sea, South Pacific, 20 July 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial

World War 2 Service

30 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Steward, F3633, HMAS Leeuwin, Ronald's service record shows that he enlisted in the Royal Australian Navel Reserve and was mobilized on 30 June 1941.
17 Aug 1941:	Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Steward, HMAS Cerberus (Shore)
1 Apr 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Steward, HMAS Hobart (I)
20 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Steward, F3633, HMAS Hobart (I), Ronald was serving on HMAS Hobart when on the evening of 20 July 1943, he was killed when the Hobart, as part of Task Force 74, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine when she was steaming through the Coral Sea heading to Espiritu Santo (Vanuatu).

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Oates

Ronald was raised in Perth, Western Australia by his widowed mother, and along with his younger brother Colin, responded to the call to arms and enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy. Ronald's elder sister Brenda also served during WW2 in the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force.

Ronald married Gladys Alice Butson in 1937 at at the time of his tragic death, he and his wife had a daughter Jeanette.

Ronald's sacrific for his country is remembered by his family.

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