Ronald Horace KING

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Service Number:	SX18224
Enlisted:	6 April 1942
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 17 May 1921
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Solderer / Tailor's Apprentice
Died:	Cystic tumour third ventricle, Respiratory failure, New Guinea, 23 May 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot D. Row D. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

6 Apr 1942:	Involvement Gunner, SX18224
6 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
6 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18224
5 Dec 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/3rd Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment , 2/3 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment 2/9 Light Anti Aircraft Battery
Date unknown:	Involvement

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