Reginald Clyde HELMER

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Service Number:	VX130748
Enlisted:	12 April 1943
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Engineers
Born:	Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, 22 April 1916
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Merit Certificate
Occupation:	Foreman Mechanic, Ford Motor Co, Geelong / League Footballer
Died:	Accidental (Bomb exploded whilst being disarmed), New Guinea, 24 April 1945, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot GG. Row D. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "DIED AS HE LIVED... MY HERO IMMORTAL MEMORIES"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mooroopna & Ardmona District Memorial Panels

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX130748
22 Jun 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, Royal Australian Engineers, Bomb Disposal Mobile Wing LHQ School of Military Engineering
12 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, VX130748

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