Tom Robinson LYDSTER MM and Bar

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Service Number:	3060
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 March 1886
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	4 March 1984, aged 97 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3060, Melbourne, Victoria
16 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3060, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
16 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3060, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
11 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion
29 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Machine Gun Battalion
1 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Machine Gun Battalion
18 Aug 1918:	Wounded Second Lieutenant, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW (left leg)
1 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Machine Gun Battalion
4 May 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3060, 4th Machine Gun Battalion

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