CATER, Rex Bowring
| Service Number: | NX13276 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Commando Squadron |
| Born: | Wellington, New South Wales, Australia , 23 July 1916 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 20 February 1945, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Plot HH. Row D. Grave 5. |
| Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington St. John The Baptist Church "CATER" Memorial Window, Wellington St. John the Baptist WW2 Fallen Memorial Window and Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX13276 | |
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| 26 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX13276 | |
| 1 May 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 2nd/10th Commando Squadron |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mars Gerald and Hilda Alice Cater; husband of Barbara Cater, of Bellevue Hill, New South Wales.
The committee of the Wellington District Ambulance is in receipt of a communication from the Perpetual Trustee Company, intimating that the late Lieut. Rex Bowring Cater, who was killed in action on the 20th February, 1945, in terms of his Will, left a legacy of £50 to the Wellington District Ambulance. The President and Members of the Committee of the Ambulance desire to express their sincere thanks and appreciation for the legacy; also the kind thoughts which prompted the late Lieut. Cater to make the bequest, but at the same time regret very much the circumstances which brought about the fulfilment or same, and they desire to express their deepest and heartfelt sympathy to his parents, sister, brother, his wife and family in their bereavement.
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