Richard Roy (Dick) TANNER

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Service Number:	NX1746
Enlisted:	23 October 1939, Tamworth, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wallabadah, New South Wales, Australia, 16 November 1917
Home Town:	Wallabadah, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Wallabadah State School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Butcher / Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 20 October 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 7. Row B. Grave 9. Inscription: "REST IN PEACE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Quirindi & District Memorial and Clock Tower

23 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Private, NX1746, Tamworth, New South Wales
23 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX1746, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
14 Dec 1941:	Promoted Lieutenant, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, NX1746, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua

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