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Sergeant RONALD CHARLES ELY

Service Number: 419301
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 19 April 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

T. B. 1.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Henry and Mary Elizabeth Ely; husband of Olga Estelle Ely, of Flemington, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription OH EARTH, CHERISH HE, WHOM GOD CHOSE TO PERISH
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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