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TRAVERS, Richard Erskine
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX44162 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 19 February 1901 |
| Home Town: | Metung, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Execution (Prisoner of War), Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 27 January 1942, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Panel 15. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lakes Entrance and District War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX44162 | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 May 1940: | Enlisted VX44162, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
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