A birth registration was found for Ronald S Macklin: Mother's Maiden Surname: Macklin; Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1923; Registration district: Hampstead; Registration county: Greater London; Volume Number: 1a; Page Number: 943.

In 1933, S. Macklin, 10 (along with brother R. Macklin, 10) arrived at Fremantle, Australia, in a group of 52 children from the Child Emigration Society, Strand, London, England. He was placed in Glasgow Cottage at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Australia, with his brother.

Ronald Stuart Macklin died on May 13, 2003, in Australia. He is remembered on the Fairbridge Memorial Wall.