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MCPHERSON, Ronald Samuel

Service Number:	SX7113
Enlisted:	29 June 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Terowie, South Australia, 21 May 1915
Home Town:	Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Cowandilla Primary School
Occupation:	Fencer (Pemby's brush fencing)
Died:	Killed in Action, El Alamein, Egypt, 17 July 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

29 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX7113, Adelaide, South Australia
29 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX7113, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
17 Jul 1942:	Involvement Lance Corporal, SX7113, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
Date unknown:	Involvement

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