Robert McLean MCELROY MM

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Service Number:	NX23052
Enlisted:	30 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 20 March 1919
Died:	Killed in Action, El Alamein, Egypt, 27 October 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery Plot A. II. H. 25., El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, NX23052
30 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX23052, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
13 Apr 1941:	Honoured Military Medal, Siege of Tobruk, "Action Tobruk. For bravery in the field on the night of April 13-14. This soldier in the absence of his platoon commander, led his platoon in a counter-attack upon an enemy post containing eight machine guns, with such skill and disregard of personal danger that the post was overcome. This action made the resultant counter-attack so successful that the enemy were completely demoralised and driven from their positions in disorder. Sergeant McElroy's leadership was such that only one life was lost in the attack upon the strong post".
27 Oct 1942:	Wounded 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, W.I.A. / K.I.A. during the Battle of El Alamein.

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