Robert David (Bob) MCNAMARA

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Service Number:	VX38029
Enlisted:	22 July 1940, Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Alphington, Victoria, Australia, 14 July 1919
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	St Leonards, Victoria, Australia, 2 August 1980, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:

22 Jul 1940:	Involvement Private, VX38029, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
22 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Royal Park, Victoria
13 Feb 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 6th Training Battalion (AIF)
3 Sep 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX38029, Disembarked in M.E. on 25 September 1941.
25 Sep 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX38029, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
2 Oct 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Machine Gun Training Depots
13 Nov 1941:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
31 Jan 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX38029, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked from Suez to R.T.A. Diverted at sea by Churchill to shore up Java. Disembarked on 18 Feb 1942.
18 Feb 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX38029, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Australia's Northern Periphery
7 Mar 1942:	Imprisoned Australia's Northern Periphery, Posted M.I.A. believed P.O.W. Not confirmed P.O.W. until 1943.
6 Oct 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX38029, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, R.T.A. from Singapore for repatriation as a liberated P.O.W. Disembarked in Melbourne on 21 Oct 1945.
4 Dec 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX38029, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion

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