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DIMOND, Roland John

Service Numbers:	51567, V363877
Enlisted:	4 February 1918, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 3rd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 5th June 1918
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC)
Born:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 22 May 1898
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Malvern Grammar School, Victoria Australia
Occupation:	Clerk - State Electricity Commission
Died:	Natural Causes , Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 13 May 1993, aged 94 years
Cemetery:	Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Cremation wall BS2 Niche 22
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World War 1 Service

4 Feb 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51567, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 3rd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 5th June 1918
5 Jun 1918:	Embarked Private, 51567, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney
5 Jun 1918:	Involvement Private, 51567, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 39th Battalion from 9th Training Battalion UK
26 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals, Admitted Fovant Military Hospital Seriously Ill Purpuria.
10 Dec 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 51567, 39th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Purpuria for medical treatment / discharge on HT Somali
3 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 51567, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Purpuria

World War 2 Service

17 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), V363877, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC), Enlisted Surrey Hills Victoria for part time duty with the VDC allocated to A Company 3rd Battalion VDC for service
4 Oct 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), V363877, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC), Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment with the VDC

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