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DAWBORN, Royston Miller

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	2 May 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Commander
Last Unit:	HMAS Harmon (Shore)
Born:	Numurkah, Victoria, Australia , 6 April 1922
Home Town:	Frankston, Victoria
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School
Occupation:	Naval Officer
Died:	Myocardial infarction and Hypertension at our home in , Pearce, Australian Capital Territory, 7 September 1978, aged 56 years
Cemetery:	Norwood Park Crematorium, Mitchell, A.C.T. Ex Service Wall, Bottom Left Side, Row 2 MONUMENT - Queensland Garden of Remembrance - Wall 7 Row Q
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

2 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Midshipman
6 Apr 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant
6 Oct 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant
9 Oct 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
9 Oct 1945:	Honoured Distinguished Service Cross

Korean War Service

6 Oct 1951:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander
17 Jan 1952:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, Officer

Non Warlike Service

30 Sep 1965:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, HMAS Harmon (Shore)

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