- SURNAME
Billman
- FORENAME
Harold Leon
- UNIT
Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (Bomb Disposal)
- RANK
Lieutenant (Sp)
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Cross
- PLACE
UK (London Gazette 6.11.1945)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 4.1.1908 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
resided 12 Essex Street, West Footscray, Victoria, Australia
next of kin J. Pavich
commissioned 16.11.1942
a Mobile Explosive Investigation Unit
discharged 17.12.1945 (Lt (Sp) HMAS Lonsdale)
died 16.04.1968 (Aged 60)
Victoria Garden of Remembrance, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne, Australia
London Gazette 37338, 2nd November 1945, Page 5400
CITATION:
Distinguished Service Cross : Lieutenant Billman landed on Panoan Island on 20th October, 1944, with the assault forces. He displayed bravery, devotion to duty and exceptional skill over a period of four months in dealing with Japanese mines and unexploded bombs in the clearance operations in the Phillipines. (Source LG)
WEB LINKS:
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37338/supplement/5400https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1570269
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C17888
https://navyhistory.au/lieutenant-sp-h-l-billman-dsc-ranvr/
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243955121/harold-leon-billmanSERVICE HISTORY:
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