Richard (Dick) BEMROSE

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BEMROSE, Richard

Service Number:	QX3019
Enlisted:	22 October 1939
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Napier, New Zealand, 7 March 1916
Home Town:	Kinbombi, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timber Worker (Sawmill Hand)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 5 December 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot JJ. Row A. Grave 12.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goomeri & District Honour Roll WW2 and Other Conflicts, Goomeri Hall of Memory, Goomeri Memorial Clock Tower, Murgon Memorial Wall, Murgon RSL Honour Board, Murgon War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, QX3019
22 Oct 1939:	Enlisted
22 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX3019, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
5 Dec 1943:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William and Veronica Catherine Bemrose, of Murgon, Queensland.

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

BEMROSE.—In sad but loving memory of QX3019 Cpl. Richard Bemrose (Dick), 2/32 Aust. Inf. Bn.. A.I.F., killed in action Dec 5, 1943. Finschhafen.
Till we meet again.
Inserted by his loving Dad, Mum, & Family.

BEMROSE.—December 5th, 1943. QX3019 Sgt. Richard Bemrose. killed in action in New Guinea.
Little did we know when we woke
that morn,
What sorrow the day would bring,
Little did we know that with night's fall
We would feel death's merciless sting.
Your end was so sudden, dear Richard.
You made us weep & sigh.
But, oh, the saddest part of all.
You never said good-bye.
Inserted by his loving Mother. Father, Brothers, & sisters.

BEMROSE.—In loving memory of my
dear Brother Dick. QX3019, late of 2/32 9th Div.. killed at Finschhafen. Decemer 5th, 1943.
A silent thought brings many a tear
Of one we miss & loved so dear.
For we who loved him truly know
How much we lost one year ago.
Inserted by Marjorie, & Brother-in-law Ray.

BEMROSE, QX30I0, Cpl. R. G.—In sad & loving memory of our dear Friend, Dick, killed Satelberg, 5/12/43.
"His duty nobly done."
Inserted by Dillon Family.

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