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BATY, Richard Isaac

Service Number:	WX37554
Enlisted:	16 February 1943, Northam, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Subiaco, Western Australia, 18 December 1923
Home Town:	Dangin, Quairading, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Accidental gunshot wound to the head, Tarakan, Borneo, 15 July 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 27. Row C. Grave 15. Personal Inscription:- "THE SUN WENT DOWN WHILE IT WAS YET DAY"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Quairading Memorial Pool, Quairading Memorial Wall, Quairading War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX37554
16 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Northam, Western Australia
16 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX37554, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
2 Aug 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX37554, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, Accidental death as a result of gunshot wound to the head when a loaded Owen machine carbine was discharged in his tent.

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Biography

2/48 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Frederick Charles and Violet Baty, of Dangin, Western Australia