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DEAN, Ronald John

Service Number:	NX130090
Enlisted:	22 October 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 6 December 1921
Home Town:	Wirrinya, Forbes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Certificate of Entry (High School)
Occupation:	Station Manager / Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 12 October 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC)Grave Reference Location ~ Plot E. Row A. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Forbes Wirrinya and District WW2 Honour Roll, Grenfell Other Wars Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX130090
22 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX130090, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
26 Oct 1944:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Exceptional services in the field in New Guinea

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Biography

Parents Carlton Jack Dean and Thelma (nee Reid)

Ronald had 4 sisters and 2 brothers.