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Name	Reginald Vincent McKellar
Born	9 November, 1914 Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia
Died	7 June, 1995 (aged 80) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Occupation or Descriptor *	compositor (1934-1970) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1939-1945) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier) Battle of El Alamein, 1942 (soldier) Battle of Tobruk, 1941 (soldier) Borneo Campaign (1945) (soldier) Salamaua–Lae campaign, 1943 (soldier)
Awards	Military Medal (recipient, 1943) Military Medal and Bar (recipient, 1944)

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