Roland MARKS

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Service Number:	SX5916
Enlisted:	20 June 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Berri, South Australia, Australia, 25 March 1920
Home Town:	Barmera, Berri and Barmera, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua, 15 December 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 23. Inscription: "HE DIED FOR THOSE HE LOVED".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barmera Primary School WW2 Honour Roll, Berri Oval "Diver" Derrick VC Memorial Grandstand & Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, SX5916
20 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX5916, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
21 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX5916, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
15 Dec 1942:	Involvement Private, SX5916, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua

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