Ronald William WINES
Year of Birth: 1921
Place of Birth: Legerwood, Tasmania, Australia
Date of Enlistment: 15 September 1942, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia
Australian Defence Force: Australian Imperial Force
Rank: Gunner
Unit(s): 2/6 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
Service Number: TX11495
Died: 15 March 1944
Age: 22 years
Buried: Cairns War Cemetery – Plot A – Row C – Grave 7
Ronald William Wines was born in Tasmania on the 28 November 1921 to William Henry and Ivy Irene (McCarthy) Wines.
He enlisted in Brighton, Tasmania, and gave his father, William Wines, as next of kin. Ronald’s occupation was a Tin Miner.
He died in Cairns, Queensland, of accidental injuries.
Ronald William Wines’s name is on the Derby Roll on Honour board and also located at panel 18 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Online Resources
NAA: B883, (WINES Ronald William) National Archives of Australia
Department Veterans’ Affairs Nominal Rolls
National Library of Australia: Trove Digitised Newspapers
Queensland Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages
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