Ronald Edward WALLIS

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Service Numbers:	Q197046, QX64944
Enlisted:	20 May 1940, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 12 May 1914
Home Town:	Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland
Occupation:	Labourer / also- Ice Vendor.
Died:	Died at sea (POW of Japan - Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Officially Commemorated: Panel 32, Rabaul Memorial - within the Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery. Roll of Honour (Local Memorial): Family grave-Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Brisbane Region, Qld., Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q197046
20 May 1940:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX64944, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, Unit (Specifically): [HQ] Headquarters-8th Military District [AAOC] Australian Army Ordinance Corps.
20 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX64944, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore

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