ABRAHAMS, Raymond
| Service Numbers: | VX78519, V390236 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC) |
| Born: | Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia, 11 November 1905 |
| Home Town: | Dunkeld, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Brickmaker |
| Died: | Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia, 27 March 1991, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warrnambool Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX78519 | |
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| 29 May 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX78519, Docks Operations Group | |
| 2 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, V390236 | |
| 20 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, V390236, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC), 9 Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Raymond was the second of three children of Alfred Mathosius Abrahams (b1865 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Esma Elizabeth McLaughlin (b1881 in Dunkeld, Victoria). Alfred - a Brickmaker - and Esma married in Dunkeld, Victoria in 1902 and settled in the region.
Raymond was a Brickmaker in Dunkeld when he married Iris Smart (b1912 in Ararat, Victoria) in 1938 in Portland, Victoria. In 1942 Raymond enlisted with the Australian Army, serving as a Private (Service No:VX78519) with 3 Docks Operating Coy (March to May 1942). In July 1942 he enlisted with the ACMF and was a Corporal (Service No:V390236) attached to 9 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps when he was Discharged in September 1945.
Raymond and Iris remained in the Grampians Region where Raymond worked as a Brickmaker. In the early 1970s when Raymond retired, they moved to Warnambool where Iris died in 1988 and Raymond in 1991.