AMIS, Robert Joseph
| Service Number: | 6215 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 May 1916, Ballarat, Victoria Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cromer, Norfolk, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 May 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Plot I, Row F, Grave 20, Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Ballarat, Victoria Australia | |
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| 11 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6215, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6215, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Son of Annie and late Harry Amis of Cromer, Norfolk, England
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Disembarked Plymouth, England, 16 October 1916.
Found guilty, Perham Downs, 10 November 1916, of being absent without leave from midnight, 6 November, to 4 pm, 7 November 1916: awarded forfeiture of 4 days' pay; forfeited a total of 5 days' pay.
Proceeded overseas to France, 13 December 1916; taken on strength, 6th Bn, 17 December 1916.
Wounded in action, 20 April 1917 (gun shot wound, left arm); admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance and thence to 9th Casualty Clearing Station, 21 April 1917; to Ambulance Train No 16, 27 April 1917, and admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 28 April 1917; transferred to England, 30 April 1917, and admitted to 1st Birmingham War
Hospital, 1 May 1917. Transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 30 May 1917; discharged on furlough, 6 June 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 17 June 1917.
Marched in to Overseas Training Depot, Perham Downs, 10 July 1917.
Proceeded overseas to France, 8 August 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 26 August 1917.
Admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 3 November 1917 (laryngitis), and transferred same day to 1st Australian Division Rest Station; discharged to duty and rejoined unit, 9 November 1917.
Admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, 19 January 1918; transferred same day to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train, 20 January 1918, and admitted same day to 13th General Hospital, Boulogne (trench fever); transferred to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 25 January 1918; to Australian Infantry Base Depot, Havre, 24 February 1918; rejoined unit, 13 March 1918.
On leave to United Kingdom,18 March 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 5 April 1918.