Robert (Bob) GILL

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Service Number:	2033
Enlisted:	4 September 1915, Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Moriac, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Buckley, Surf Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Buckley State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Wounds, No 2 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot II. Row F. Grave 37. Inscription: HE DIED AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER A HERO AND A MAN
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jamestown St James Anglican Church Stained Glass Windows and Turner Brothers Memorial, Marrabel District Honour Roll, Wallaroo Lloyd Memorial 'Welsh' Congregational Church Honour Board

4 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2033, Depot Battalion (AIF), Geelong, Victoria
18 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2033, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
18 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2033, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2033, 29th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Tunisian"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2033, 29th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2033, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Wounded In Action -- G.S.W. Chest
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2033, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2033, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Died of Wounds-- (G.S.W. Chest) at 2.30pm. No 2 Casualty Clearing Station, France

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