Robert Henry BANKS

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Service Numbers:	VX118990, V51700
Enlisted:	4 January 1940, South Melbourne, Victoria.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 February 1919
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Machine Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 13 June 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Plot C1. Row C. Grave 21. Inscription: "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE LOVED BY ALL"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Preston 57/60th Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX118990
4 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V51700, 57/60 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, South Melbourne, Victoria.
28 Nov 1942:	Enlisted In The Field, Western Australia,
28 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX118990

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Other service number V51700

57/60 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Robert and Lily May Banks; husband of Adelaide Miriam Banks, of West Footscray, Victoria.

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