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<\/h5>\nOriginally from Yea the McAlpin family moved to Cardinia\/Tooradin in September 1919. After the war Ronald returned to the family sheep property, \u201cOnich\u201d, Muddy Gates Road\/Lane, Tooradin. Ron was a well-known sheep shearer and sheep farmer, he attended the district sheep sales with his quality stock. He and his brothers owned and operated a chaff cutter. They were employed by other farmers around the district during hay season to cut hay with the chaff cutter. In 1932 Ronald married Gladys Lyla Jackson.<\/p>\n
In the 1930\u2019s Ronald was the treasurer of the Tooradin and district sub branch of the Returned Soldiers League. It was decided to change the name of the branch to Tooradin, Cranbourne and district sub branch.<\/p>\n
Ronald along with his four brothers; Walter Robert (Bob), Alan James, Norman John and Hugh Bain enlisted for WW2. In the 1950\u2019s, Ronald and Lyla moved to Loch, Victoria.<\/p>\n
Returned to Australia on the 19th<\/sup> August 1919. Discharged on the 10th<\/sup> November 1919. Died on the 6th<\/sup> June 1972 at Loch, Victoria. Buried in June 1972 at the Nyora Cemetery, Victoria.<\/p>\n [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”766″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” img_link=”https:\/\/beaconsfield.org.au\/digitalmemorial\/Poppies”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][heading] McALPIN Ronald [\/heading][vc_column_text] \u00a0 ORIGINAL AVENUE OF HONOUR NAME PLATE C.1929 Service number 3698 Originally from Yea the McAlpin family moved to Cardinia\/Tooradin in September 1919. After the war Ronald returned to the family sheep property, \u201cOnich\u201d, Muddy Gates Road\/Lane, Tooradin. Ron was a well-known sheep shearer and sheep farmer, he attended the district sheep sales with his quality stock. He and his brothers owned and operated a chaff cutter. They were employed by other farmers around the district during hay season to cut hay with the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1120","page","type-page","status-publish"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaconsfield.org.au\/digitalmemorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaconsfield.org.au\/digitalmemorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaconsfield.org.au\/digitalmemorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beaconsfield.org.au\/digitalmemorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beaconsfield.org.au\/digitalmemorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1120"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/beaconsfield.org.au\/digitalmemorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1684,"href":"https:\/\/beaconsfield.org.au\/digitalmemorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1120\/revisions\/1684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beaconsfield.org.au\/digitalmemorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n Name<\/strong><\/td>\n McALPIN, Ronald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Service Number<\/strong><\/td>\n 3698<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n Private<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Roll<\/strong><\/td>\n 4 Light Horse Reinforcements 26-32 Regiments (May 1917-February 1918)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Conflict<\/strong><\/td>\n First World War 1914-1918<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Embarked<\/strong><\/td>\n 4th<\/sup> August 1917<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n City<\/strong><\/td>\n Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ship<\/strong><\/td>\n HMAT Themistocles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Age<\/strong><\/td>\n 19 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Birth Place<\/strong><\/td>\n 27th<\/sup> February 1898, Benalla, Victoria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Father<\/strong><\/td>\n John McAlpin, \u201cHighlands\u201d, Yea, Victoria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mother<\/strong><\/td>\n Mary Ann (Annie) (Bain) McAlpin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Religion<\/strong><\/td>\n Presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Occupation<\/strong><\/td>\n Farmer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Residence<\/strong><\/td>\n \u201cHighlands\u201d, Yea, Victoria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Enlisted<\/strong><\/td>\n 5th<\/sup> April 1917<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Height<\/strong><\/td>\n 5 feet, 8\u00bd inches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Complexion<\/strong><\/td>\n Fair; Eyes- Green; Hair- Dark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”766″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” img_link=”https:\/\/beaconsfield.org.au\/digitalmemorial\/Poppies”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"