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ASH, Roy
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | S308783, SX14140 |
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Enlisted: | 20 August 1941, Adelaide South Australia |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron |
Born: | North Unley, South Australia, 26 February 1915 |
Home Town: | Plympton, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Taxi Driver / Ripper |
Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 17 December 1989, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Yan Yean Public Cemetery Section C1 Row 7 Grave 12 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement S308783 | |
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20 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), SX14140, Adelaide South Australia | |
20 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
20 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX14140, 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron, Embarked per "SS Montoro" for O/seas from NSW L of C (Reinforcements No.5 Ind Coy. Disembarked Port Moresby 8th Sept. 1942 | |
11 May 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX14140, 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron, Embarked at Port Moresby per "Duntroon", disembarked Townsville 15h May 1943. | |
9 Sep 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX14140, 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron, Emabarked per "Taroona" at Townsville, disembarked Lae 13th Sept. 1944 | |
11 Oct 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX14140, 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron, Embarked at Lae per "Acongagua", disembarked at Bougainville 15th Oct. 1944 | |
16 Nov 1945: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Citation: Distinguished services South West Pacific Area. | |
7 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX14140, 2nd/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron | |
24 Jun 1946: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Bougainville, Citation: Exceptional service in the Field in S.W.P.Area | |
Date unknown: | Enlisted S308783 |
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