Ronald James William SHARKIE

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SHARKIE, Ronald James William

Service Number:	O3170
Enlisted:	16 December 1935
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	No. 78 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 October 1914
Home Town:	Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Serviceman
Died:	Illness, Singapore, 17 August 1968, aged 53 years
Cemetery:	St Matthew's Anglican Church Cemetery, NSW Left Section, Row 2, Plot 52
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Non Warlike Service

16 Dec 1935:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman

World War 2 Service

16 Dec 1935:	Enlisted O3170

Peacekeeping Service

10 Jun 1954:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, O3170, No. 78 Squadron (RAAF), No. 78 Wing RAAF

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Biography contributed

Ronald James William SHARKIE was born in Victoria on 6th October, 1914

His parents were William James SHARKIE & Delia Rose MAGGS who married in St Peters Church of England in Box Hill, Victoria on 20th December, 1913 - Delia died not long after his birth

He married Heather HAYES in St Matthews Church of England in Windsor, NSW in 1941 - 4 known children, Kaye, Joan, Margaret & Robin

Ronald died from Illness in Singapore on 10th June, 1954 and is buried in St Matthews Anglican Cemetery in Windsor, NSW

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