RAMSAY, Kenelm Mackenzie
| Service Number: | NX25468 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Independent Company |
| Born: | Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1914 |
| Home Town: | Bellevue Hill, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 11, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX25468 | |
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| 1 Jul 1941: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, No. 1 Independent Company | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX25468, No. 1 Independent Company, Australia's Northern Periphery | |
| 22 Jan 1942: | Imprisoned Prisoner of War of the Japanes No. 130 -captured at Kaveing | |
| 1 Jul 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX25468, No. 1 Independent Company, Prisoners of War, Lost at sea on the Montevideo Maru |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Kenelm MacKenzie RAMSAY was born in Quirindi, New South Wales on 27th August, 1914
His parents were Kenelm Kierston RAMSAY & Jessie Gwendoline MacKENZIE who married in Nowra on 28th June, 1910
Kenelm (Mack) was an International Rugby player & well reknowned
He enlisted in Paddington, Sydney on 7th June 1940 as a Private with the 1st Indenendent Company (Army) and was promoted to Corporal on 1st July, 1941
He was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese on 22nd January, 1942 by Japanes forces in Rabaul & they were being transferrred to Hainan off southern China on board the ship Montevideo Maru which was carrying over 1000 prisoners of war & was sunk by a US submarine (USS Sturgeon) on 1st July, 1942 offf Luzon - they were unaware that the ship was carrying allied prisoners. All the prisoners on board lost their lives
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Rabaul Memorial
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