Robert Claude RACKLYEFT

RACKLYEFT, Robert Claude

Service Number: N281422
Enlisted: 29 October 1943
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: Australian Army Chaplains' Department
Born: Sydney, NSW, 20 September 1883
Home Town: Quirindi, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Presbyterian Minister
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World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1918: Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1918: Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Borda, Sydney

World War 2 Service

29 Oct 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, N281422

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Served in WWII He happened to be in camp with the Sydney University Regiment just at the outbreak of war, and was retained for further service as a chaplain.
Retired 30 June 1949 on account of sickness whilst at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Singleton.