Squire Roland BEEVERS MID

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Service Number:	QX39948
Enlisted:	28 February 1942, Brisbane, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., 20 August 1923
Home Town:	Grange (QLD), Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk employed by Francis & Co, Brisbane.
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 12 April 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot TT. Row B. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE...FOREVER LOVED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX39948
28 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX39948, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland.
24 Jun 1946:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Exceptional service in the field in the S.W.P. Area. Unit ~2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion London Gazette ~ 06 March 1947 on page 1100 at position 77 Commonwealth Gazette 06 March 1947 on page 750 at position 46.

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