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GREER, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX88979 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 May 1935, Rupanyup, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Collie, Western Australia, Australia, 4 August 1917 |
| Home Town: | Rupanyup, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Tarakan, Tarakan, Borneo, 4 May 1945, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery 29 D 8 |
| Memorials: | Albury 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion Albury's Own Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rupanyup "Killed in Action" Roll of Honour, Rupanyup Recreation Reserve Memorial Gates, Rupanyup Uniting Church Memorial Window |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 29 May 1935: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX88979, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, Rupanyup, Vic. | |
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| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, VX88979 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Basil Spence Greer and Clara Ellen Greer, of Rupanyup, Victoria, Australia.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE
GREER.—In loving memory of our dearly beloved son and brother. Lieutenant Robert Greer, VX88979, 2/23rd Infantry Battalion, killed in action at Tarakan on Mav 4. 1945. (inserted by father, mother, brothers, and sisters, Dalcross, Rupanyup.)
GREER.—In proud and loving memory of Lieutenant Robert, 2/23 Battalion, killed in action at Tarakan on May 4. 1945, loved fiance of Elma Wadeson.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Basil Spence Greer and Clara Ellen Greer, of Rupanyup, Victoria, Australia.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE
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