Ronald Roy MILLS

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Service Numbers:	VX143775, V290238
Enlisted:	17 December 1941, Oakleigh, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 18 July 1923
Home Town:	Ormond, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Merit Certificate
Occupation:	Clerk, Lanes Motors, Melbourne
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 9 December 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot 1A. Row A. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX143775
17 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V290238, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Oakleigh, Victoria
19 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX143775
15 Feb 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX143775, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, USAT Beth, Brisbane for New Guinea - disembarking Milne Bay 25 February 1943
9 Dec 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX143775, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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