Robert ARCHER

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Service Numbers:	VX68026, V75570
Enlisted:	13 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia, 27 May 1914
Home Town:	Wonthaggi, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 20 June 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Section B, Plot 4, Row B, Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "GOODBYE SON IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kangaroo Ground Shire of Eltham Tower of Remembrance

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX68026
13 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V75570
15 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Caufield, Victoria
15 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX68026
5 Feb 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 7th Infantry Battalion

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7 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Edward Forrestville Archer and Adeline Mary Archer, of Smiths Gully, Victoria