Ralph
Harry
Albanese
MM
Born in Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Raphael Albanese
and Annie (Gibson) Albanese
Brother of
Gloria Mary Albanese
Descendants 
Father of
[private daughter (unknown - unknown)]
Died about
at about age 85
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Oct 2020
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Biography
Ralph Albanese MM was born in Queensland, Australia
Ralph Harry Albanese MM was born on 31st December 1920 at Caboolture, Queensland, Australia. He was a son of Raphael 'Ralph' Albanese and Annie Gibson. [1]
Ralph Albanese MM is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Second Australian Imperial Force 1941-1945
2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion
Served in the Second Australian Imperial Force 1941-1945
2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion
On 25th February 1941 at Tamworth, New South Wales, Ralph enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force for service overseas during the Second World War. He gave his year of birth as 1919, making him 21 rather than his actual twenty years. [2] He was allocated as a reinforcement to the 2/1st Infantry Battalion and joined his unit in the Middle East. Ralph subsequently served in the Middle East, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Papua, and New Guinea (the latter two then being separate Australian territories). [3][4] He attained the admirable rank of Warrant Officer Class II and was demobilised on 20th October 1945.
Whilst a Corporal, Ralph was awarded the Military Medal (MM), gazetted in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1st April 1943, on page 758 at position 53. [5]
Ralph married Patricia Maria Taylor in 1949 at Sydney, New South Wales. [6] They had five children. [7]
He passed away, aged 85 years, in 2006. [8]
Sources
- ↑ Queensland Birth Index #1921/C/413
- ↑ Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll: NX68372 (N76556) Warrant Officer Class II Ralph Harry Albanese; accessed 26 Oct 2020
- ↑ Australian War Memorial unit record: 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion; accessed 18 Jan 2020
- ↑ Wikipedia: 2/1st Battalion (Australia); accessed 18 Jan 2020
- ↑ Australian War Memorial honours and awards: NX68372 Corporal Ralph Harry Albanese; accessed 26 Oct 2020
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #677/1949
- ↑ unsubstantiated family records
- ↑ unsubstantiated family records
Further reading
- Givney, E C. The First at War: The Story of the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-45 The City of Sydney Regiment. The Association of First Infantry Battalions. Earlwood, 1987.
- Johnston, Mark. Aitape-Wewak 1944-1945. Department of Veterans' Affairs. Canberra, 2005.
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Categories: 2nd 1st Infantry Battalion, Australian Army, World War II | Military Medal | 1939-1945 Star | Pacific Star | Defence Medal | War Medal 1939-1945 | Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 | Caboolture, Queensland