Robert MARSH

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Service Numbers:	942, 1827
Enlisted:	18 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Kangaroo Flat, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 942, 7th Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 942, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 942, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 942, 7th Infantry Battalion, RTA per HMT "Port Lincoln".
29 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1827, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1827, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
11 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1827, 29th Infantry Battalion
29 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion
4 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 59th Infantry Battalion
1 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1827, 59th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, KIA - no details
1 Mar 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1827, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1827 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-03-01
1 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1827, 59th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, KIA

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Robert Marsh initially enlisted 18 August 1914 in the 7th Btn at Bendigo Vic. He didn't go to Gallipoli and eventually RTA 4 August 1915 (with VD).

He re-enlisted at Balaclava, Vic. and was given new SN 1827 (29th Btn), later transferring to the 59th Btn.

Robert Marsh did not go to Gallipoli and eventually RTA 4 August 1915 (with VD).

He re-enlisted at Balaclava, Vic. on 11 December 1915 and was given new SN 1827 (29th Btn), later transferring to the 59th Btn.

Unit Diary of 59th Btn places them in the front line at Flers at the time of Robert Marsh's death.