Service Number: SX9516
Enlisted: 23 July 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/8th Field Ambulance
Born: Macgillioray [sic], South Australia, 26 July 1912
Home Town: Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, At sea (Middle East) , 12 October 1941, aged 29 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Buried at sea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingscote & District WW2 Honour Roll, Kingscote War Memorial
23 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, SN SX9516, Adelaide, South Australia
12 Oct 1941: Involvement Private, SN SX9516, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance, Siege of Tobruk
12 Oct 1941: Involvement Private, SN SX9516, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance, Siege of Tobruk
Item details for: B883, SX9516
National Archives Australia
Diesel Mechanic and Transport Driver in 2nd/8th Field Ambulance December 1940 - left Australia for Palestine and North Africa 11 October 1941 - Took heavily laden barge down the coast from Tobruk to Alexandria. Not heard of again and reported lost at sea. Information from Australian Archives web site Service No: SX9156 Date of Birth: 26 July 1912 Place of Birth: Macgillivray, South Australia, Australia Place of Enlistment: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Next of Kin: Robert WHEATON Military service: Enlisted June 1940 in 2nd A.I.F. Private SX 9516 A I F 2/8 Austr. Fd. Amb. Australian Army Medical Corps
(from The WHEATONs who came out of Hydon' by Rylda WHEATON)
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Descendants of :
1. Robert WHEATON was born 30 Jan 1886 in Collinsfield, SA and died 21 Aug 1974. He married Mary Matilda HOWARD 27 Jan 1910 in Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 22 Oct 1884 in Cuttle Fish, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 11 Sep 1987 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA, daughter of William HOWARD and Janet BARR.
Other events in the life of Robert WHEATON
Burial: Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island, SA
Residence: 1910, Kangaroo Island, SA
Description: BET 1912 & 1947, Councillor, Kingscote Council
Electoral roll: BET 1939 & 1943, White Lagoon, Kangaroo Island, farmer
Title: 1958, Order of the British Empire
Children of Robert WHEATON and Mary Matilda HOWARD:
i. Frederick Howard WHEATON was born 26 Jul 1912 in White Lagoon, Kangaroo Island and died 12 Oct 1941 in Tobruk, North Africa.
ii. Thelma WHEATON was born 05 Jan 1914 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 27 Sep 2011. She married Albert Richard JONES 01 May 1939. He was born 06 Mar 1911 in Adelaide, SA and died 20 Apr 1996.
iii. Eric Lancelot (Jack) WHEATON was born 24 Jun 1916 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 18 Jun 1992. He married Joan NORMAN 12 Sep 1940. She was born 14 Jun 1918 in Queenstown, SA and died 29 Aug 1942 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island, daughter of Henry John Alfred NORMAN and Ethel Eileen HEMPSON. He married Rita May DUNN 16 May 1944 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 24 Jan 1925 in Streaky Bay, SA and died 12 Apr 2017 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA, daughter of Frederick John DUNN and Gertrude PENNA.
iv. Douglas Robert WHEATON was born 30 Sep 1918 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 24 Apr 2004 in Adelaide, SA. He married Blanche Victoria TIGGEMANN 06 Oct 1943 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 21 Sep 1922 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 14 Aug 1986, daughter of August Adolf TIGGEMANN and Mary Jane Adelaide NORTHCOTT. He married Edna Joyce (Joy) STORY. She was born 13 Sep 1923 in Cowell, SA.
v. 5. Barbara Joan WHEATON was born 21 Dec 1921 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 10 Jul 2020
5. Barbara Joan WHEATON was born 21 Dec 1921 in MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island and died 10 Jul 2020. She married Melville Carl Sherriff (Meb) LEOPOLD. He was born 25 Jan 1913 in Hd of O`Loughlin, SA and died 30 Feb 1969 in Renmark, SA, son of Percival LEOPOLD and Jane PRICE. She married Priestly James HILLAM.
Other events in the life of Barbara Joan WHEATON
Electoral roll: 1941, MacGillivray, Kangaroo Island, home duties Joan Wheaton
Children of Barbara Joan WHEATON and Melville Carl Sherriff (Meb) LEOPOLD:
i. Kaylene Mary LEOPOLD. She married Bernard Francis MYERS.
ii. Joan Madolin LEOPOLD. She married Marl CLANCY. She married Henry William MOM.
iii. Meredith Anne LEOPOLD
iv. Barbara Jabe LEOPOLD. She married Andrew HARLOW.
Last Updated : 3 July 2010