Samuel Arthur RUDDOCK

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Service Number:	NX71223
Enlisted:	15 April 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Anti Tank Batteries / Companies
Born:	Tempe, New South Wales, Australia , 3 August 1911
Home Town:	Mortlake, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Assistant Accountant
Died:	Killed in Action, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 4 February 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot F, Row D, Grave 5. Personal Inscription ~ "WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF A GREAT SON SADLY MISSED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hurstville War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, NX71223, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies
15 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX71223

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