Ronald Edwin BILSON

BILSON, Ronald Edwin

Service Numbers: V265275, V265275
Enlisted: 17 December 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 13/33 (originally 13 and 33 , later amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 10 September 1923
Home Town: Maffra West Upper, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Died: Morwell, Victoria, Australia, 12 June 1992, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

17 Dec 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V265275
28 Dec 1943: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V265275
Date unknown: Involvement Private, V265275, 13/33 (originally 13 and 33 , later amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Ronald was the third of five children of William Raymond Bilson (born 1890 in Sheffield, Tasmania) and Lillian May Crole (born 1894 in Warragul, Victoria). William had farmed in Gippsland, Victoria before serving in WWI as a Private (Service No: 5973), and was awarded the Military Medal in 1918. Ronald's Uncle John Henry Bilson served in the AIF as a Driver (Service No: 10974) in WWI, and older brother Raymond Jack served in WWII with the ACMF as a Private (Service No: V381068).

Ron married Valma Isabel Jane Crofts (born 1926 in Orbost, Victoria) in 1945 and they lived in Morwell in Gippsland where Ron worked as a Pasteuriser before securing employment with the SEC in the early 1950s. Ron died in Morwell in 1992 and Valma in 2000

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