Robert William (Bobby) WITHERS

WITHERS, Robert William

    Service Number: QX5643
    Enlisted: 24 May 1940
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
    Born: St George, Queensland, Australia, 1 December 1914
    Home Town: St George, Balonne Shire, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carter
    Died: St George, Queensland, Australia, 6 January 1947, aged 32 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: St George Cemetery, Qld
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    World War 2 Service

    24 May 1940: Involvement Sergeant, QX5643
    24 May 1940: Enlisted
    24 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX5643, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
    10 Oct 1940: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , QM for Middle East Disembarked 25/11/1940
    26 Jun 1941: Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Syria - Operation Exporter, Mortar Wounds on right arm and leg. No medical evacuation reported for this instance so must not have been very serious.
    10 Jul 1941: Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Syria - Operation Exporter, Gunshot wound left forearm. Evac to 7 Austr. General Hospital. Assessed Temp. Medically Unfit by medical board (16/8/41) and moved to 2 Austr. General Hospital on 27/8/41. Discharged for return to Aust. on 31/8/41 and embarked on 2/9/41. Upon rtn to Brisbane on 3/10/41, granted leave til 0900hrs 20/10/41. Upon rtn from leave was admitted to 112 Aust. General Hospital, then to 101 Convalescent Depot on 19/5/42 for rtn to service.
    2 Sep 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Emb M. East (medically unfit) for Australia
    24 Sep 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Embarked Freemantle for Home Commd and Northern Hospital. Disembarked Eastern Commd and entrained for Northern Command on 2/10/41
    29 Oct 1942: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Emb. Brisbane per SS Maetsuycker Disemb. Port Moresby 28/11/42
    28 Dec 1942: Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua, Evac. to 2/9 Australian General Hospital- old Gunshot wound to left forearm. He was evac'd back to Australia to the 104th and 112th Aust. General Hospitals where they discovered it was an ulnar aneurism.
    13 Jan 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Medically evacuated from the 2/9th Aust General Hosp in Port Moresby via SS Katoomba to Sydney and admitted to 104 Aust. General Hospital.
    21 Aug 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Emb. Townsville via Von Heutsz to Milne Bay
    21 Oct 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Emb. Milne bay per USAT President Johnson for Brisbane with unit
    14 Jan 1944: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 4 Ordnance Vehicle Park, Detach. for duty
    24 Feb 1944: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
    17 Apr 1945: Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Accidentally injured left index finger and middle phalanx
    27 May 1945: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Emb Cairns per LST 1017 for Morotai
    21 Jun 1945: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Emb on LSM 22 for Balikpapan
    13 Jul 1945: Wounded Borneo - Operation Oboe May - August 1945, Evac. 107 Field Ambulance- fatigue(?) following land mine explosion
    15 Sep 1945: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant
    4 Nov 1945: Embarked Emb. Balikpapan per MANOORA for Brisbane for discharge due to long service
    26 Nov 1945: Discharged
    26 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX5643, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment

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