Ronald Richard PROTHEROE

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PROTHEROE, Ronald Richard

Service Number:	VX19418
Enlisted:	30 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	1 Papuan Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lockhart, New South Wales, 4 April 1915
Home Town:	Boree Creek, Lockhart, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Accidental (Drowning), New Guinea, 4 July 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Panel no. 5 (Memorial)
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

World War 2 Service

30 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, VX19418
30 May 1940:	Enlisted Driver, VX19418, Caulfield, Victoria
31 May 1940:	Involvement Driver, VX19418
29 Dec 1940:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), VX19418, Embarked from Melbourne on 29th December 1940 to Palestine
27 Jul 1941:	Promoted Lance Corporal
13 Jan 1942:	Promoted Corporal
22 Aug 1942:	Involvement Corporal, VX19418, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
2 Nov 1942:	Embarked Embarked from Brisbane for Port Moresby
13 May 1943:	Promoted Lance Sergeant, 1 Papuan Infantry Battalion
4 Jul 1943:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, VX19418, 1 Papuan Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Ronald Richard PROTHEROE was born on 4th April, 1915 in Lockhart, NSW to Samuel PROTHEROE and Margaret Frances HARRISON

He enlisted in Caulfied,Victoria with the Australian Army on 30th May, 1940

He served in Palestine as a Driver . In November 1942 the 2/106 General Transport Company was sent to New Guinea and Ronald was then attached to the 1st Papuan Infantry Battalion

He was accidentally drowned in the Watut River near Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea on 4th July, 1943 - the nearby Mount Protheroe was named after him - his body was never found and his name is commemorated in the Australian War Memorial, the Port Moresby Cemetery Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Lockhart, NSW

He was awarded the Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Australian Service Medal, 1939-45 Star & the Africa Star

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