WINTER, Richard Sextus Daly
| Service Number: | WX32775 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1940, Claremont, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ceylon, India, 19 February 1920 |
| Home Town: | Belmont, Belmont, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer/Plumber/Postman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Tarakan, Borneo, 3 May 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Plot 24, Row A, Grave 8, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX32775, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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| 2 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, WX32775, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Oct 1941: | Promoted Corporal | |
| 7 Nov 1942: | Promoted Lance Sergeant | |
| 5 Jul 1944: | Transferred Lance Sergeant, 1st Australian Corps Headquarters | |
| 25 Oct 1944: | Involvement Corporal, WX32775, Reverted to Corporal from Lance Sergeant | |
| 23 Apr 1945: | Embarked Corporal, WX32775, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Moratai for service in Tarakan | |
| 3 May 1945: | Involvement Corporal, WX32775, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Richard Sextus Daly WINTER was born on 19th February, 1920 in Ceylond, India
His parents were William Sextus Daly WINTER and Annie Gertrude Elizabeth GRAY who married in St Pauls Church, Kandy, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
His father took up planting in Ceylon and farming once he arrived in Australia - The whole family of parents & 10 children all born in Ceylon came to Australia and one more child (Robert) was born on board the ship (RMS Maloja) en route to Australia where they arrived on 21st December, 1926
Richard married Lorraine MEDBURY in 1944 in Western Australia - one son Richard WINTER
He enlisted in Claremont, WA on 2nd December, 1940 & was living in Belmont WA at the time
He saw service in the Middle East at Tobruk from April 1941 and at El Alamein from July 1942 and the 2/48th Battatlion was sent to New Guinea and in April, 1945 to Morotai, Borneo
He was promoted to Corporal on 30.1.41 and to Lance Sergeant on 7.11.42 & reverted to Corporal on 25.10.44
Units he served in - Service No. 5439 and WX32775
66th AA Coy from 5.7.1941, 20 Employ. Platoon 15.12.1941, HQ 1 Australian Corp. 5.7.1944 - his last unit was 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion - Previous 10 months AASC 1939-1940, 55 AA Coy.
Richard was Killed in Action on 3rd May, 1945 at Tarakan, Borneo - he was buried in the field & later reburied in Labuan War Cemetery
Inscription reads:
"DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE LORRIE AND SON RICHARD"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Belmont, Western Australia
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Richards brother Patrick Daly WINTER (WX11955) also served in WW2 and was Killed in Action at Wewak, New Guinea on 15th May, 1945
Brother Alfred Daly WINTER (WX8110) served in WW2 and was discharged in 1945
Brother Edmund Deslandes WINTER ( S33553) served in WW2 in the Australian Army & was discharged in 1946
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