Soldier profiles
Name : RAY, FRANK DOUGLAS
Service Number : VX22658
Date of Birth : 01/05/1917
Place of Birth : CHELTENHAM, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 05/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MONT ALBERT, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : RAY, LINDA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions : TARAKAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 26/11/1945
Date Died : 17/03/2010
Age at Death : 92
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6207335 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_065550.jpg, Herald Sun Death Notice 19/03/2010, Herald Sun Death Notice 20/03/2010
Background : Original 1st formation 2/2 Pioneer who was held back from going to the Middle East in order to become an officer with the reinforcements that were to follow. He served in New Guinea and Tarakan with the 2nd forming of the battalion. Died in Melbourne.
