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IRVING, Ronald Godfrey Howy
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 25, 25 (NX1) |
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Enlisted: | 13 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Brigadier |
Last Unit: | 6th Division Headquarters |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, 15 July 1898 |
Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Graduated from the Royal Military College - Duntroon, ACT, Australia. |
Occupation: | Brigadier of the Australian Military Forces. |
Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, 14 December 1965, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated: 16/12/1965, (Springvale Crematorium), his ashes were scattered at Springvale Botanical Cemetery. (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 159/Row F. |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
13 Oct 1939: | Involvement Brigadier, 25 (NX1), 6th Division Headquarters | |
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13 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Brigadier, 25 (NX1), 6th Division Headquarters, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |
13 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Brigadier, 25 | |
16 Apr 1942: | Honoured Officer of the Order of the British Empire | |
4 Dec 1945: | Discharged Brigadier, 25 (NX1), 6th Division Headquarters | |
4 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Brigadier, 25 |
Malayan Emergency Service
14 Jan 1954: | Honoured Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of Brigadier-General Godfrey George Howy IRVING [ IRVING, Godfrey George Howy (1867-1937) (adb.anu.edu.au) ], & Ada Minnie Margueritta (nee DERHAM) IRVING.
Next of Kin - Wife: [IRVING, Violet] Violet Vaughan (nee HISKENS) IRVING.