Service: Australian Army – 2/4 Armoured Regiment
Service number: VX125291
Locality on Enlistment: North Melbourne
Duration of Service: 9 Mar 1943 – 31 Dec 1946
Prisoner of War: No
Honours: None for display
Date and Place of Birth: 20 Jul 1925 Colac Victoria
Parents: George Hamilton AMEZDROZ and Alice May COLLINS
Spouse: Patricia Ruth MILLER
School/s:
Occupation: Cellar man
Date and Place of Death: 18 Jul 1995 Melbourne
Place of Burial: Fawkner Cemetery
Notes: Donald altered his date of birth by 6 months so that he could enlist. He was only 17 years and 6 months. He participated in standard training in Bendigo and Puckapunyal and was then transferred to Queensland, being a tank mechanic in the 2/4 Armoured Regiment. In September 1944 Donald embarked from Brisbane per “Duntroon”, disembarked Madang, Papua New Guinea. In June 1945 he arrived at Torokina, Bougainville where the 2/4 Armoured Regiment continued to provide support to the Australian Infantry until the Japanese surrender, taking part in a number of battles during the advance toward Buin. Following the end of the war, a detachment from the regiment was deployed to Rabaul to assist with guarding 100,000 Japanese troops in the region,