Awards & Winners

Reg Rattey

Date of Birth 28-March-1918
Place of Birth Barmedman
(Australia, New South Wales)
Nationality Australia
Profession Soldier
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 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 67.

Awards by Reg Rattey

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1945


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 22nd March, 1945 as Sergeant of the 25th Battalionof the Australian Army during the Second World War.)