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RILEY, Eric Richard

Service Number:	T262436
Enlisted:	6 April 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Infantry Training Battalions
Born:	Geeveston, Tasmania, 12 August 1898
Home Town:	Neika, Kingborough, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries, Brighton, Tasmania, Australia, 17 June 1940, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	Kingston Roman Catholic Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

6 Apr 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, T262436, Army Training Units, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, 12th Infantry Training Battalion
6 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Sergeant, T262436, Army Training Units
6 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, T262436, Infantry Training Battalions

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Alfred Joseph and Mary Alice Riley

Husband of Brenda Rose Riley of Kingsborough, Tasmania