DAVEY, Ralph
| Service Number: | VX42155 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Regiment |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 19 May 1916 |
| Home Town: | Heidelberg, Banyule, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 May 2005, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Lance Bombardier, VX42155, 2nd/11th Field Regiment | |
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| 4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, VX42155, 2nd/11th Field Regiment | |
| 22 Nov 1945: | Discharged Lance Bombardier, VX42155, 2nd/11th Field Regiment | |
| 22 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, VX42155, 2nd/11th Field Regiment | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Lance Bombardier, VX42155, 2nd/11th Field Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ralph was the eldest of two children of William Isaac Davey (born 1872 in White Hills, Victoria) and first wife Margaret Ann Findlay (born 1871 in Learmonth, Ballarat, Victoria). William and Margaret married in 1892 in Melbourne, Victoria and lived in Bendigo where William was a Salesman. Margaret died in 1912 and William remarried twice, having an further three children.
Ralph was living at Heidelberg in Victoria and working as a Dairyman when he enlisted in the Australian Army in July 1940. He served with 2/11 Field Regiment (which was deployed to the Middle East in 1941 and to Bougainville in New Guinea in 1944/1945). Ralph was a Lance Bombardier when he was Discharged in November 1945. Brothers-in-Law Francis (Private, Service No:Q108445) and Denis Charles (Private, Service No:Q148286) Tite and Walter Cleveland Jarrett (Private, Service Nos:NX11747/QX32790) also served in WWII.
In December 1945 Ralph was in Ipswich, QLD when he married Joan Maureen Tite (born 1922 in Ipswich, QLD). Maureen returned to Heidelberg, Victoria with Ralph where he was a Dairy Farmer. Ralph and Maureen moved to Eltham in Heidelberg to retire. Ralph died in 2005 and Maureen in 2019.