Robert Henry SHATTOCK MM

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Service Number:	VX5233
Enlisted:	21 October 1939
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 31 August 1905
Home Town:	Cohuna, Gannawarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Milk Carter
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 9 July 1943, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Location ~ Plot S. Row B. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cohuna Cenotaph

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, VX5233
21 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX5233
14 Apr 1940:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
3 Jan 1941:	Honoured Military Medal, Great courage and leadership at Bardia on 3rd January 1941.

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