Roy DE VANTIER MM

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Service Numbers:	QX415, 403641
Enlisted:	20 November 1939
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Esk, Queensland, Australia, 14 December 1918
Home Town:	Redcliffe, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Killed In Action, Papua, 18 December 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 6. Row C. Grave 12. Inscription: "HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY".
Memorials:	Gympie WW2

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, QX415
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 403641, later QX415 (20/11/1939)
20 Nov 1939:	Enlisted
20 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX415, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1942:	Honoured Military Medal
18 Dec 1942:	Discharged

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