Robert William ANSETT

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Service Number:	VX40621
Enlisted:	27 June 1940, Caufield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 5 December 1916
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Concrete Worker
Died:	Illness-pneumonia, Japan, 16 May 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Yokohama War Cemetery Aust Section B, Row D, Grave
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, VX40621
27 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Caufield, Victoria
27 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX40621, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Caulfield, Vic.

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Son of William Edward and Eliza Ansett; husband of Mary Isabella Ansett, of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.

4 Anit Tank Regiement

Medals: 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medals

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