Richard James DARE

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Service Numbers:	S69821, 32385
Enlisted:	19 May 1943, Melbourne, VIC
Last Rank:	Engine Room Artificer III
Last Unit:	HMAS Echuca
Born:	Yorketown, SA, 7 December 1921
Home Town:	Kensington, South Australia
Died:	24 August 1980, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	City of Kensington & Norwood Honour Roll World War II Book and Case

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18 May 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S69821, 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Eligible Males were intially conscripted into the Militia / VDC. Many subsequently transferred to the 2nd AIF (Army), RAN, or RAAF.
19 May 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 32385, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Melbourne, VIC
23 Mar 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 32385, HMAS Shropshire, RAN Operations SW Pacific 1944-45 - "Lleyte 1944 / Lingayen Gulf 1945"
27 Jan 1948:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Engine Room Artificer III, 32385, HMAS Echuca

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