Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37194/supplement/3857. No. NX.102964 Corporal Reginald Roy Rattey, Australian Infantry Battalion. On 22nd March 1945 at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, an attack by a company of Australian Infantry on a strongly held enemy position was met by extremely heavy fire. Corporal Rattey, realising that any advance would be halted by this fire and heavy casualties inflicted, dashed forward firing his Bren gun from the hip and completely neutralised the enemy fire from three forward bunkers. Then, having silenced a bunker with one grenade, he fetched two more with which he silenced the other two bunkers. The company was then able to continue its advance. Later Corporal Rattey captured another machine-gun and 2000 rounds of ammunition.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37194/supplement/3857. No. NX.102964 Corporal Reginald Roy Rattey, Australian Infantry Battalion. On 22nd March 1945 at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, an attack by a company of Australian Infantry on a strongly held enemy position was met by extremely heavy fire. Corporal Rattey, realising that any advance would be halted by this fire and heavy casualties inflicted, dashed forward firing his Bren gun from the hip and completely neutralised the enemy fire from three forward bunkers. Then, having silenced a bunker with one grenade, he fetched two more with which he silenced the other two bunkers. The company was then able to continue its advance. Later Corporal Rattey captured another machine-gun and 2000 rounds of ammunition.