Ronald John BLAKE

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Service Number:	QX21955
Enlisted:	2 July 1941
Last Rank:	Signalman
Last Unit:	21st Australian Infantry Brigade
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia., 16 April 1920
Home Town:	Toombul, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer.
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 15 October 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot 1B. Row A. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "A BRAVE SOLDIER, A LOVING SON AND BROTHER".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Spring Hill Brisbane Grammar School WW2 Great Hall Honour Board

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Signalman, QX21955
2 Jul 1941:	Enlisted
2 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX21955
3 Sep 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, 21st Australian Infantry Brigade
15 Oct 1943:	Discharged

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