David Andrew Retallick

WWII Service details

Service: Citizens Military Forces & Australian Imperial Forces.
Service Number: VX117739

Date of Birth: 16 September 1919

Place of Birth: Birchip Vic.

Date of Enlistment: 30 November 1939

Place of Enlistment: Birchip, Vic.
Enlisted To: 26th Machine Gun Regiment

Date of Discharge: 12 June 1946

Posting at Discharge: 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion

Rank at discharge: Sergent

Mobilization: 30th March 1941, Hamilton Vic. To 26th Machine Gun Regiment

Training and local deployment: 30th March 1941 to 21st January 1942.
            Caulfield Vic, Echuca Vic, Gherang Vic, Belmont Vic.
Transfer: 19th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment/Battalion
Deployment: Darwin 3rd February 1942 – 27th March 1944

Darwin first bombed 19th February 1942

Changes to forces structure: 14th August 1942 CMF to AIF
Transfer:  2nd August 1944. 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Deployment: 30th April 1945. Morotai Island, Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia).    Via Townsville Qld.
Deployment: 11th July 1945. Taracan, Borneo
Promotion: 3rd September 1945. Acting Corporal. 26th October 1945 Confirmed rank as Corporal
Promotion: 26th October 1945. Acting Sergent. 13st October 1945. Confirmed rank Sergent.
Deployment: 21st December 1945. Disembarked to Brisbane.
Transfer: 14th February 1946. Murchison PW Group.
Transfer: 6th June 1946. AMF Discharge Depot, Royal Park.
Discharge: 12th June 1946. Discharged from service.