Robert Ewan (Bob) OLIVER MID

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Other Name:	Ewan, Robert - Service Record
Service Number:	WX10167
Enlisted:	18 December 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
Born:	Newcastle on Tyne, England , 14 July 1912
Home Town:	Big Bell, Cue, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tool Sharpener
Died:	Killed in Action, Timor, 14 August 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 19. C. 16.
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, WX10167
18 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX10167
18 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX10167
11 Jul 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/2nd Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron, The 2/2nd was his final posting.
10 Jan 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NAA https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=6460767&S=7&N=19&R=0#/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=6460767&T=P&S=7
3 Jun 1943:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, "For exceptional service in the field in the South West Pacific Area during the period 7/12/41 to 30/9/43."
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX10167

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