Robert James (Bob) COTTER

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Service Number:	V44785
Enlisted:	23 November 1939
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 30 December 1918
Home Town:	Pascoe Vale , Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 11 July 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot Q. Row A. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "OUR WONDERFUL BOY...DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement V44785
23 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V44785, 58th Infantry Battalion
23 Jan 1941:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion
22 May 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion, Acting Sergeant.
27 Aug 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
2 Mar 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V44785, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked from Brisbane on TSS Taroona. Disembarked at Port Moresby on 07 March 1943.
11 Jul 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V44785, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, K.I.A.
Date unknown:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V44785, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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