Robert James SLOCOMBE

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SLOCOMBE, Robert James

Service Number:	1329
Enlisted:	16 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Mount Barker, South Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 51, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1329, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1329, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1329, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
2 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1329, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1329 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Sanders Slocombe and Margaret Slocombe nee Slaven of Mt Barker, SA.

Brother of Olive Barbara Slocombe, Margaret Hilda Slocombe, Sylvester Graham Slocombe, William George Slocombe MID, Croix de Guerre who returned to Australia on 12 April 1919 having served with the 27th Battalion and Albert Clarence Slocombe MM who returned to Australia on 8 April 1919 having served with the 27th Battalion

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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