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RILEY, Frank Verdon

Service Number:	SX17156
Enlisted:	5 February 1942, Wayville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 30 April 1917
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Balikpapan, Borneo, 18 July 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery 18. A. 13.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

5 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Private, SX17156, Wayville, South Australia
5 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX17156, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
18 Jul 1945:	Involvement Private, SX17156, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Wilfred Joseph and Maud Isabel Riley, of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.