Robert AKISTER

AKISTER, Robert

Service Number: NX4855
Enlisted: 22 October 1939
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Grange-over-Sands, South Lakeland District, Cumbria, England, 24 June 1911
Home Town: Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Libya, 3 January 1941, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt
Burial reference: - Plot 17. Row H. Grave 10. Personal Inscription: - "UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS".
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lance Corporal, NX4855
22 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX4855, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion

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