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ADDISON, Richard Neil

Service Number:	VX70821
Enlisted:	5 January 1942, Caufield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murrumbena, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 1922
Home Town:	North Fitzroy, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 20 June 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot HH. Row B. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~~ "LOVED AND REMEMBERED ALWAYS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX70821
5 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Caufield, Victoria
5 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX70821, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action, Aitape area, Papua

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Biography

2/4 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Robert and Ellen Addison, of North Fitzroy, Victoria.