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BOON, Richard Henry
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | QX38193, Q90525 |
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Enlisted: | 23 May 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Longreach, Queensland, Australia, 4 May 1923 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer/Builder |
Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 June 1990, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
23 May 1941: | Involvement Q90525, also QX38193 | |
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23 May 1941: | Involvement Signalman, QX38193, also Q90525 | |
23 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193 | |
23 May 1941: | Enlisted | |
1 Jul 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193, 49th Infantry Battalion, Coastal Defence | |
29 Jul 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked "Zealandia" for Thursday Island | |
2 Mar 1942: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193, 49th Infantry Battalion, Wounded accidental - Gunshot wound right thigh on Horn Island | |
10 Oct 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Sigs 2 Australian Corps | |
12 Jul 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193, Sigs 2 Australian Corps, SS Canberra for Port Moresby New Guinea | |
29 Jul 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193, Sigs 2 Australian Corps, Embarked Lae for return to Australia - Ship unknown | |
6 Sep 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193, Sigs 2 Australian Corps, Embarked Townsville on the SS Taroona for Lae | |
16 Nov 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193, Sigs 2 Australian Corps, Embarked SS John Lykes at Lae for Bougainville | |
11 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Sigs 2 Australian Corps, Embarked at Torokina on MV Duntroon for Brisbane | |
28 Aug 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193, Sigs 2 Australian Corps, Embarked Brisbane on the SS Westralia for Torokina | |
29 Nov 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF | |
17 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked at torokina on SS Katoomba for Townsville | |
3 Jan 1946: | Discharged | |
3 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX38193 |
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