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Lieutenant Basil Hilder Billett

Then 75-year-old Rufino Correia, who worked with 2/2 Commando Squadron during WWII, reminisces with Australian soldiers in Dili, in 1999. Photo by Warrant Officer Class 2 Wayne Ryan.
Australian News Veterans 

Three posthumous gallantry medals approved by GG

17/07/201717/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 10811 Views 0 Comments 2/40th Battalion, 2/5th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron, Captain Raymond Jesse Allsopp, Lieutenant Basil Hilder Billett, Staff Sergeant Frank Cahir

The Governor-General has approved the posthumous awarding of gallantry medals for three servicemen for their actions during World War I

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