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EVERETT, Robert William

Service Number:	VX30543
Enlisted:	11 June 1940, Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1915
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 20 February 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ambon Memorial, Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Col 3
Memorials:	Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

11 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX30543, Royal Park, Victoria
11 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX30543
12 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, VX30543, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
20 Feb 1942:	Involvement Private, VX30543, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Australia's Northern Periphery, Missing - presumed killed in action (Ambon)

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Biography

Bobby was only 26 when he was killed