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POLLOCK, Ronald James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX4702 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1939, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 10 August 1910 |
| Home Town: | Red Cliffs, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Australia, 30 September 1945, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX4702 | |
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| 30 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, VX4702, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Private, VX4702, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1940: | Embarked Private, VX4702, Embarked for Middle East |
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World War 2 Service
| 14 Jan 1941: | Promoted Corporal, Promoted as Acting Sergeant the same day | |
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| 9 Apr 1941: | Embarked VX4702, Embarked for Greece | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Imprisoned "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, Officially declared POW having been missing in action since 6 June 1941 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Ivy Christine Pollock of Mildura
17 May 1940 dismebarked in Middle East to serve in Tobruk
6 June 1941 - missing in action on Crete
7 December 1941 - officially declared Prisoner of War in Stalag V111
15 January 1944 - interred in Stalag 344
19 July 1945 - embarked at UK for Australia