Ronald Frank BRECHIN

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Service Number:	NG2427
Enlisted:	31 January 1942, Bulolo, New Guinea
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
Born:	Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia., 28 October 1911
Home Town:	Dulwich, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Officer in Charge, Agricultural Station, Aiyura, Upper Ramu, New Guinea.
Died:	Accidental (Aircraft crashed, Aiyura,), New Guinea, 17 June 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot H. Row A. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ ("HONOR PAX COPIA" HUSBAND OF DULCIE AND FATHER OF PETER). (Honor Pax Copia - Honour Peace Abundance)
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wandearah West Memorial and Flagpole

31 Jan 1942:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, NG2427
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Bulolo, New Guinea
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, NG2427
10 Feb 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles

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New guinea Volunteer Rifles

Rank - Warrant Officer 2

Son of Peter Newton Brechin and Ida Brechin; husband of Dulcie Rose Brechin, of Brighton, South Australia.