Reg Rattey
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Reginald Roy Rattey, VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British or Commonwealth arme
Reg Rattey, c. 1945
Rattey (3rd from left) meets King George VI at the Victory Parade in London, in June 1946.
Rattey's medals
25th Battalion (Australia)
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The 25th Battalion was an infantry unit of the Australian Army. Raised in early 1915 as part of the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, the battalion fought at Gallipoli and in the t
Reg Rattey
…Commonwealth armed forces. He was one of 20 Australians to receive the award for their actions during the Second World War, doing so while serving with the 25th Battalion during the Bougainville Campaign in 1945. After the war, Rattey ran a farm near West Wyalong, New South Wales. He died in 1986 at the age of 68. Born…
25th Battalion headquarters near Ypres, 21 September 1917.