Ronald James CHAMBERS

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CHAMBERS, Ronald James

Service Number:	V220640
Enlisted:	10 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 28 February 1910
Home Town:	Koorlong, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 April 1982, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 2 Service

10 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V220640
21 Mar 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V220640, embarked Townsville for Lae per Gorgon
28 Mar 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V220640, embarked Buna for Brisbane per John Nolan
13 Sep 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V220640

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Ronald James Chambers (Service No:V220640) enlisted in the ACMF on 10 January 1942 and served with No 1 and No 5 AARD. Private Chambers was in Lae and Buna in 1944 and Discharged (Medical) on 13 September 1944.

The second of three children, Ron was born in Mildura, Victoria in 1904 to Charles Isaac Chambers (b1874 in Mil Lel, South Australia) and Letitia Margaret Stanley (nee Smith; b1871 in Mil Lel, South Australia). Charles (a Labourer) and Letitia married in 1904 in Mildura, Victoria where they settled and raised their family and Charles was a Labourer.

Ron worked in Mildura as a Labourer and Truck Driver, and in 1931 married Gladys Elma Watts (b1909 in Dunolly, Victoria). Ron and Gladys settled in Koorlong via Mildura where Ron was working as a Labourer in 1942 when he enlisted in the ACMF. Following his Discharge, the family moved to Melbourne where Ron worked as a Joiner. Ron died in 1982 and Gladys in 1993.

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