PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Rattey, Reginald Roy
Date of birth: March 28th, 1918 (Barmedman/New South Wales, Australia)
Date of death:  January 8th, 1986 (West Wyalong/New South Wales, Australia)
Nationality:  Australian
BIOGRAPHY: 
Later promoted to the rank of Sergeant.
Reginald Roy Ratty is buried at the West Wyalong Lawn Cemetery, Australia.
     
VICTORIA CROSS (VC)
Rank: Corporal
Unit: 25th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, Australian Imperial Force
Awarded on: July 9th, 1946
Action: On March 22, 1945, an attack of Australian infantrymen near Bougainville on the Solomon Islands was stopped by a strong hostile supremacy. Although this Australian unit was forced himself to withdraw, Corporal Rattey stormed forward on his own. By this action he fired with his Bren from his hip. He eliminated by this heroic solo action three enemy bunkers. As a result his company could continue their advance.
 
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Picture source:   Harry Willey, Australia
Information source(s):   - Victoria Cross Reference
- The Register of the Victoria Cross - published by This Engeland 1997 - ISBN 0906324270
- Special thanks to Iain Stewart from The History of the Victoria Cross
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