Ronald James HEPWORTH

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Service Number:	WX40535
Enlisted:	8 September 1943
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	42 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia , 26 July 1925
Home Town:	Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Factory Hand, Thomas Stokes & Co - Cordial Manufacturer.
Died:	Accidental (Drowning), Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 24 December 1944, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 3. Row F. Grave 15. Inscription: "SO DEARLY LOVED SO DEEPLY MOURNED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, WX40535
8 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX40535, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF

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