Robert SINCLAIR

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Service Number:	5498
Enlisted:	3 April 1916, Enlisted in Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Petersham, New South Wales, 1894
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, Pasadena, SA, 25 September 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plaque only 27 September 1972 cremated, ashes removed. Internment right number 214260 and expired 27 October 1997
Memorials:

3 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5498, Enlisted in Sydney, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5498, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5498, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
3 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5498

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17 June 1916 - Promted to Sergeant

7 October 1916 - Reverted to previous rank of Corporal

4 June 1917 - Wounded in action, gunshot wound to right shoulder

4 January 1918 - Appointed to Officers Cadetship, Cambridge UK

1 June 1918 - Qualified for Commissioned Officer

2 July 1918 - Appointed to rank of 2 Leiutenant

15 May 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Yperinga

Medal: General Service Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

RSL Information

20 July 1971 - Transferred to State Branch from Epping Sub Branch NSW. address 5/34 Partridge STreet, Glenelg, SA