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Operation Barras
By William Fowler
A Tribute to Private Vincent Cavallo: Merrill's Marauders 2nd Galahad Burma 1944
By V. G. Gallagher
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 55022" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Hancock</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Robert Norman (Bob)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2/3 Independent Company</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>VX58990</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>New Guinea 1943</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Bacchus Marsh, Victoria</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 25.7.1919 Colac, Victoria</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>next of kin John Hancock of Northcote Farm, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>university student, Melbourne</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 6.5.1941 St Kilda, Victoria</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2/3 Independent Company 1943-44 (Cap - Major)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Z Special Unit March 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>discharged 14.7.1945 (Major)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 05.05.1984 (aged 64)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried Gungahlin Cemetery, Mitchell, Canberra, Australia. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>plot Allotment Index: EX/02/03/00/001 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-hancock.27640/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/27/27640-c0a822f74dd04ab869d260f0607b278d.jpg?1591433834" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-n-hancock-grave.33867/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33867-4000ad41194bc9b9287d72858003521e.jpg?1600166063" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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