Roll of Honour - Reginald Donald Rootes

Reginald Donald Rootes

Service number: 2/5124

Rank: Private

Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

Service: Australian Army

Conflict: Korea, 1950-1953

Date of death: 11 December 1952

Place of death: Korea

Cause of death: Presumed

Cemetery or memorial details: United Nations Memorial Cemetery Korea, Busan, South Korea. Wall 2

Notes: Private Rootes' body was never recovered and is therefore regarded as missing, presumed killed in action.

Source: AWM149 Roll of Honour cards, Korea

Korean Roll of Honour panel
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Reginald Donald Rootes P09453.001

Location on the Roll of Honour

Reginald Donald Rootes's name is located at panel 1 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

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