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TELLAM, Richard William
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Q116560, QX43254 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, 3 March 1923 |
| Home Town: | Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Innisfail Sate School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 3 September 2006, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 22 Apr 1942: | Involvement Corporal, Q116560, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, also QX43254 | |
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| 22 Apr 1942: | Involvement Corporal, QX43254, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, also Q116560 | |
| 22 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 22 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX43254, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 21 Jun 1946: | Discharged | |
| 21 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX43254, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Tellam
Richard William Tellam enlisted in the Australian Army on 27/1/1942, at 18 years and 10 months of age.
He served in Merauke, New Guinea and Bougainville with the 31st and 31st/51st Battalions.
Immediately after the war ended on 2/9/1945, Richard was assigned roles helping to take the surrender of the enemy and securing enemy-held territory and infrastructure on Ocean Island, Naru and Rabaul. He was discharged from the army on 21/6/1946.
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