Ronald William DOIDGE

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Service Number:	NX21264
Enlisted:	24 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 8 October 1919
Home Town:	Haymarket, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 3 November 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Plot No. ~ Plot U. Row B. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "RONALD, BELOVED HUSBAND OF OLGA. R.I.P."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX21264
24 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX21264
24 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX21264, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX21264, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement Private, NX21264, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
3 Nov 1943:	Involvement Private, NX21264, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, KIA

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