Ronald Edwin CURNOW

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Service Number:	26331
Enlisted:	22 April 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Air Force
Born:	Balaklava, Wakefield Regional Council, South Australia, Australia, 12 February 1922
Home Town:	Pooraka, Salisbury, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brass Finisher & Apprentice Fitter with A. Simpson & Sons, Adelaide
Died:	Motor vehicle collision, Nadzab, New Guinea, 3 October 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot H. Row B. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVED IN LIFE...HONOURED IN DEATH"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Salisbury Eternal Flame Honour Board, Salisbury War Memorial

22 Apr 1940:	Involvement Corporal, 26331
22 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
22 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 26331
3 Aug 1944:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, Royal Australian Air Force, 10 Repair and Salvage Milne Bay
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Corporal Ronald Edwin Curnow 26331 of Number 10 Repair and Servicing Unit was killed in a motor vehicle accident at Nadzab, New Guinea