Reg Rattey
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Died when: 67 years 288 days (813 months)Star Sign: Aries
Reginald Roy Rattey, VC (28 March 1918 – 10 January 1986) 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.
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