Ralph Potts WILLIAMS

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Service Number:	SX1024
Enlisted:	3 November 1939
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron
Born:	Burra, South Australia, Australia , 2 June 1919
Home Town:	Tennyson, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 9 March 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number: Plot J, Row A, Grave 15. Inscription: "ALL HE HAD, ALL WE HOPED FOR, HE GAVE."
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board

3 Nov 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, SX1024
3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Woodside, SA
3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX1024
31 Dec 1940:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron, Posted to 2/3 Independent Company. Killed in action, New Guinea.
Date unknown:	Involvement

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