ANGUS, Robert Laurence
| Service Number: | 530 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ten Mile, Jamieson, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Benalla, Benalla, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ten Mile State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1V, Row A, Grave 4 Rev. A. Gillison officiated Headstone inscription reads: My well loved laddie waiting for mother , Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Benalla War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 530, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 530, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 530, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Angus and Elizabeth Angus nee Toner later known as Elizabeth Brook of Barkey Street, Benalla, Victoria formerly of Ten Mile, Jamieson, Victoria. Brother of Richard Angus, Olive Hetta Angus, Archibald Davis Angus, Henrietta Angus, William David Angus, John William Thomas Angus, Herbert James Angus, Helen Catherine Isobel Angus and John Charles Angus
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Prior to enlisting he been working as a Blacksmith at Greenbushes, WA
Biography contributed by Judy Land
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Son of John Angus and Elizabeth Angus nee Toner.
Elizabeth was widowed and remarried Whorwell Brook of Barkey Street, Benalla, Victoria formerly of Ten Mile, Jamieson, Victoria.
Brother of:
Richard Lachlan Angus WA
Archibald Davis Angus (dec)
Christianna Mary Elizabeth Taylor VIC
John William Thomas Angus (dec)
Herbert James Angus WA
Ellen Catherine Isobell Jose NSW
John Charles Angus NZ
William David Angus WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
Olive Henrietta Lander VIC
Archibald Eric Angus VIC Died of Disease WWI
Half brother of Charles James Brook VIC
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Prior to enlisting he been working as a Blacksmith at Greenbushes, WA
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