Ronald Richard BENCE

BENCE, Ronald Richard

Service Number: VX63525
Enlisted: 16 September 1941, Royal Park-Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
Born: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 30 January 1940
Home Town: Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness - Malaria, Burma, 17 September 1943, aged 3 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
Plot A15, Row B, Grave 5 Roll of Honour Warrnambool, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX63525
16 Sep 1941: Involvement Private, VX63525, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
16 Sep 1941: Enlisted Private, VX63525, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Royal Park-Melbourne, VIC, Australia
16 Sep 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX63525, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion
26 Mar 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, (NAA Pg-4)

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Biography

2/29 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of George Francis and Annie Jane Bence; Husband of Eunice Bence, of Panmure, Moyne Shire, Victoria.