TODD, Robert John
Service Number: | SX357 |
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Enlisted: | 20 October 1939, Keswick, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Infantry Training Battalions |
Born: | Meadows, SA, 18 August 1914 |
Home Town: | Kangarilla, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
Schooling: | Sturt Street Public School, Lockleys Public School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Memorials: | Kangarilla War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
20 Oct 1939: | Involvement Private, SX357, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Keswick, SA | |
20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX357, Infantry Training Battalions, Keswick, SA | |
17 Sep 1945: | Discharged | |
17 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX357, Infantry Training Battalions |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr and Mrs R.W. Todd of Kangarilla. Educated at Sturt Street (Adelaide) Public School and Lockleys Public School, Robert played soccer. In civilian life he was a labourer at Cotys Importers when he enlisted in October 1939. He left Australia for England in May 1940 and went to the Middle East where he took part in desert fighting and was wounded in Tobruk after serving 8 months there. Robert returned to Australia in Mach 1942.