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AMBROSE, Richard Robert James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX31064 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 1 June 1919 |
| Home Town: | Belmore, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 15 January 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery 6 D 13, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX31064, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX31064, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Jul 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX31064, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Sydney. Disembarked at Singapore on 15 August 1941. | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Corporal, NX31064, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 15 Jan 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX31064, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, K.I.A. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert and Ivy Ambrose, of Moore Park, New South Wales, Australia.
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