Australian Victoria Cross Recipient
Corporal Reginald Roy Rattey
Unit
25th Battalion
Born
28 March 1918 at Barmedman, New South Wales
Date of action
22 March 1945
Place
Near Tokinotu, Bougainville (now Papua New Guinea)
Details
During an attack on the enemy Rattey led his section, firing a Bren gun from the hip until he was on top of the first Japanese weapon-pit. He flung in a grenade and called his men forward. Using the same tactics he killed the Japanese in two more weapon-pits. He then advanced on a Japanese machine-gun post and with his Bren gun killed one of the team, wounded another, and put the rest to flight. Rattey’s action enabled the advance to continue and the company gained its objective within the hour.
Died
10 January 1986
Buried or Commemorated
West Wyalong Lawn Cemetery, New South Wales
Current location of the VC
Privately held
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