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BUCK, Richard
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX32405 |
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Enlisted: | 17 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Field Ambulance |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 February 1918 |
Home Town: | Arncliffe, Rockdale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Driver |
Died: | Massacred, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 4 February 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Panel 31. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX32405 | |
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17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX32405, 2nd/10th Field Ambulance |
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