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Behan, Robert John Duncan

Robert (Bob) Behan was one of the youngest men in the Klagenfurt camp. He was born at  Bellingen, NSW on 22 Nov 1919. He was a Private in the 2/2 Battalion, service number NX2352. He was captured at Kalamata on 29 Apr 1941. His POW No. was 3790.

Robert Behan

From service record (National Archives)

AWM Nominal Roll

His Service Record in Australian National Archives is available on line.

Post-war, Robert was a member of the NSW Police. He served in Nimbin and in Sydney. He married Lorna Thompson (1927-2000) at Petersham in 1946.

Robert married and they had six daughters. He died 25 Dec 1983 in Campbelltown, NSW (Ancestry). He was 64.

Northern Star, Lismore, 22 Sep 1941


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