Robert Gordon FISCHER

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Service Numbers:	SX24596, S39194
Enlisted:	31 August 1942, Centinnial Park, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Renmark, South Australia, Australia, 2 April 1922
Home Town:	Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia
Schooling:	Sturt Street Primary School - (Enrolled 30/3/30, South Australian, Schools Admission Record)
Occupation:	Labourer (Packing House employee)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 4 August 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot N. Row B. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS LOVING WAYS, HIS SMILING FACE WILL BE WITH US ALWAYS"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Renmark District Roll of Honour WW2

31 Aug 1942:	Involvement Private, SX24596
31 Aug 1942:	Involvement Private, S39194
31 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Centinnial Park, NSW
31 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX24596
7 Apr 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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