ALEXANDER, Ronald Norrie Lyle
Service Number: | NX47700 |
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Enlisted: | 3 September 1940, Newcastle, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Coraki, New South Wales, 11 August 1911 |
Home Town: | Eltham, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 15 January 1942, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore Memorial, Singapore |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lismore Terania Shire Honour Roll, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX47700, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
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3 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX47700, Newcastle, New South Wales | |
18 Sep 1940: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2nd Infantry Training Battalion | |
12 Nov 1940: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
29 Jul 1941: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, NX47700, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, On HMT Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt from Sydney | |
7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, NX47700, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
15 Jan 1942: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Ronald Norrie Lyle ALEXANDER was born on 11th August, 1911 at Coraki, New South Wales
His parents were Edwin ALEXANDER and Sarah Emily MacLEAY who had married in 1899 in Lismore, NSW
He enlisted with the Australian Army as a Private on 3rd September, 1940 in Newcastle NSW and embarked with the 2nd/30th Battalion on 29th July, 1941 from Sydney on the ship HMT Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt. He was with D Company in the 18th Platoon
Ronald was Killed in Action in Malaya on 15th January, 1942 - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, The Singapore Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Lismore, NSW