Ronald Gordon (Ronnie) HARTSHORN

HARTSHORN, Ronald Gordon

Service Number: NX152874
Enlisted: 9 March 1942, Gundagai, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 47 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, 25 June 1923
Home Town: Brungle, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Brungle, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Dairy farmer
Died: Killed in Action, New Guinea, 20 August 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gundagai Anzac Grove War Memorial, Gundagai District Roll of Honour WW2, Gundagai War Memorial, Maryborough 47th Battalion Fallen Comrades HB
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Biography

Born 1922 to Albert Arthur George  and Eleanor Maude Hartshorn . They were farmers in the the beautiful valley of Brungle. He had 9 brothers and 1 sister. He probably helped out in the dairy. He lost his Mum in 1931 and lost his life in 1943 not so long after his 21st birthday.