LAIDLER, Ronald Miles
| Service Number: | VX82198 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 28 August 1923 |
| Home Town: | Dreeite, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Dreeite State School and Colac High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Electroplater |
| Died: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 24 November 2014, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Colac General Cemetery, Victoria Plot: CLC-LAWN-F09-808-33. Memorial ID: #156585808 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX82198 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
Ron served in the Second Machine Gun Battalion in the Middle East and New Guinea, generally engaging the enemy in a team of five.
In an interview with the Colac Herald in November 2011, Mr Laidler, then 88, said: 'I carried machinery. Someone carried ammo, someone carried water, someone carried the tripod, each had his job to do … I can tell you it wasn't easy trying to carry heavy weights ... We were like brothers, really, we all had the same thing to do. We were in it together.'
His army mates were the best friends he ever had. However he was happier to talk about the premierships he won playing cricket and football with Alvie as a captain and coach.
[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
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