Robert Mulholland BEVAN MID

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BEVAN, Robert Mulholland

Service Numbers:	NX8390, NX8390
Enlisted:	2 June 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., 13 November 1920
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Audit Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 3 November 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot U. Row C. Grave 4.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX8390
2 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX8390, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
2 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX8390, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
1 Aug 1942:	Involvement Private, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, Involved in the Tel el Eisa & El Alamein Campaigns.
3 Nov 1943:	Involvement Private, NX8390 , 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, KIA
8 Mar 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

Private Robert Mulholland Bevan also served with the 2/17 Bn in the Tel el Eisa, El Alamein & Lae Campaigns before KIA at Jivevenang, New Guinea.

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