Ronald James JACKMAN MID

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Service Numbers:	VX145503, V506796
Enlisted:	22 February 1943, Royal Park, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dingee, Victoria, Australia, 19 December 1924
Home Town:	Dingee, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Merit Certificate
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 12 April 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot LL. Row A. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dingee & District Roll of Honor WW2, Serpentine Shire of East Loddon Roll of Honor WW2

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX145503
22 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V506796, 2nd Training Battalion (AIF), Royal Park, Melbourne
12 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX145503, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
26 Jun 1946:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Exceptional services in Southwest Pacific area.

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