Robert Samuel RALSTON

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Service Number:	VX143527
Enlisted:	7 July 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14/32 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Numurkah, Victoria, Australia , 21 March 1920
Home Town:	Katunga, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer's Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 16 March 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot F, Row B, Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Katunga War Memorial, Numurkah & District War Memorial Hospital, Numurkah and District War Memorial

7 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX143527, 14/32 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
16 Mar 1945:	Involvement Private, VX143527, 14/32 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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