Richard Andrew “Dick” Ramsay
Lance Corporal · NZ #1325 · T2 Patrol · ED
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #1325 |
| Patrol | T2 Patrol |
| Known as | “Dick” |
| Born | 1917-09-21 |
| Died | 1991 |
| Honours | ED |
| Campaign medals | 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-45, Africa Star, Defence Medal, NZ War Service Medal, Africa Star (8th Army clasp) |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C140374 |
What this roll records
Embarkation detail from his Cenotaph record: he embarked as Trooper. The rank held on this card, Lance Corporal, is his LRDG rank; promotion after embarkation was the rule rather than the exception, so the two are not in conflict. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, record C140374.
Patrol T2: "L/Cpl R.A. Ramsay", T2 Patrol (wounded). Patrol from Brendan O'Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa".
Born 21 September 1917 at Hamilton. Farmer in civilian life. Known as Dick. Son of Lucy and Alexander Caldwell Ramsay. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Full name Richard Andrew. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
The Kiwi Scorpions (Brendan O'Carroll): L-Cpl R. A. Ramsay, EM — farmer, Huntly; born Hamilton, 21 Sep 1917; wounded 28 Jan 1943.
One of the eight New Zealanders stranded after the Nofilia air attack (December 1941) who trekked eight days to Augila. Source: ‘Raids Behind the Enemy Lines’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Wounded, with Lance-Corporal R. C. Davies, when T2 patrol’s base camp south of Ksar Rhilane was destroyed by enemy aircraft during the Tunisian reconnaissance, February 1943. Source: ‘The Eighth Army Advance / Reconnaissance in Tunisia’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Farmer, of Huntly; born Hamilton, 21 Sep 1917. Wounded 28 Jan 1943. Source: Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (biographical notes).
Farmer in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
- Honours & campaign medals from Online Cenotaph: ED, 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-45, Africa Star, Defence Medal, NZ War Service Medal, Africa Star (8th Army clasp). Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
- Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 1, p.149. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Also cited: AWMM Pou Maumahara collection, accession 2018.42 (medals, unit badge, LRDG membership necktie).
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