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SHAFTO, Robert Ralston
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 83 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Australian Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 9 July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Guildford Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Engineer/ Mechanic and Theatre operator |
| Died: | Heart Failure, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1974, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Double Bay War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 83, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 21 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 83, Motor Drivers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 83, Motor Drivers, HMAT Barambah, Fremantle | |
| 26 Feb 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 83, Australian Motor Transport Company |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Robert Ralston SHAFTO was born in Perth, Western Australia on 9th July, 1897
His parents were Thomas Alfred SHAFTO & Elizabeth Mary Christina RALSTON
He was invalided back to Australia & returned on 22nd February, 1917
He married Gladys Lillian BURLING in Sydney in 1917 - marriage was annulled & in 1920 in Western Australia he married a Florence CAMPELL - divorced 1925
He remarried to Gladys in Victoria in 1925
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