GREEN, Ronald Lindsay
| Service Number: | SX10358 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 November 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Malvern, SA, 16 September 1917 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Nov 1940: | Involvement Corporal, SX10358, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 25 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX10358 | |
| 22 Sep 1945: | Discharged | |
| 22 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX10358 |
Brother
Ronald Lindsay Green’s brother John Goldney Heylen, also fought in World War Two. He was a flying officer; he also survived it and was discharged on the 10th of October 1945.
Submitted 29 May 2020 by Margaret Sarah
Lasting effects
After the war, Ronald Lindsay Green had many problems with his health. He had problems from being shot twice but mostly, he had problems with cancer. Because of his serving in Egypt, he had many cancers meaning he had surgery, and skin grafts. Eventually, when he was in his early 70s he died from skin cancer.
Submitted 29 May 2020 by Margaret Sarah
The Japs kept coming
When he was serving in New Guinea, he was shooting at the Japanese with a sub-machine gun, but the Japanese just kept coming! There was a growing mound of bodies and the gun was getting hot, but the Japanese climbed over each other in their haste to attack the Allies.
Submitted 29 May 2020 by Margaret Sarah
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