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LAWRENCE, Roy Colin
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | SX1582, SX21601 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 December 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 20 August 1923 |
| Home Town: | Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Arc Welder |
| Died: | Cancer, Kalara, Belair, South Australia, 25 October 1982, aged 59 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plot 41/808B Derrick Gardens |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 5 Dec 1939: | Involvement Private, SX1582, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Dec 1939: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX1582 | |
| 5 Dec 1939: | Discharged | |
| 5 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX1582 | |
| 25 Aug 1942: | Involvement Gunner, SX21601 | |
| 25 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, SX21601, G Heavy Battery, Fort Largs, SA | |
| 25 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX21601 | |
| 18 Dec 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, SX21601, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked Townsville per "Taroona" for New Guinea | |
| 24 Dec 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX21601, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2 | |
| 22 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, SX21601, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, From Milne Bay New Guinea Per "Sea Flasher" disembarked Brisbane | |
| 6 Aug 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, SX21601, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked Brisbane per "Gorgan" disembarked Wewak NG 13 August 1945u per | |
| 5 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, SX21601, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked Wewak per HMS Vindex. Disembarked Sydney | |
| 3 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, SX21601, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged Hampstead Gardens, South Australia | |
| 3 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX21601 | |
| 3 Jan 1946: | Discharged |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
In 1939 Lawrence enlisted and was discharged the same day because when he went home in uniform his mother marched him straight back to Keswick Barracks, he didn’t enlist again until 1942.
Biography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
Roy married Lillian Joyce Smith on 27 March 1945. They had 5 children and were later divorced. Roy continued to suffer with bouts of malaria attributed to his war service and became an alcoholic.
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