Eric Arthur Roger BATTYE

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BATTYE, Eric Arthur Roger

Service Number:	SX2591
Enlisted:	1 May 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, VIC, 10 May 1918
Home Town:	Glencoe West, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling:	Mount Gambier High School
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 24 December 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B8 D 12
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glencoe Soldiers Memorial, Mount Gambier High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

1 May 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, SX2591, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
1 May 1940:	Enlisted
1 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX2591, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Roger Arthur Thomas and Ruby Florence BATTYE, of Mount Gambier, SA. Educated at Mount Gambier, Eric was fond of tennis and in civilian life was a farmer of Glencoe West, SA. Enlisting in April 1940 he sailed for overseas in November 1940 and served in Egypt, Palestine and Syria.

HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF FOR ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO HIM IN LIFE

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