Robert Byron (Rob) LAWLOR

LAWLOR, Robert Byron

Service Number: 5044
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Lilydale, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Lilydale, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial
INSCRIPTION REST IN PEACE SO DEARLY LOVED OUR ROB Grave XXXIII. G. 6, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Alexandra War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coldstream & Yering War Memorial, Healesville WW1 Honor Roll, Lilydale War Memorial
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

3 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 5044, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 5044, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne

Help us honour Robert Byron Lawlor's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 21 and a son of William and Sarah Lawlor, of "The Oaks," Buxton, Victoria, Australia. 

His elder brother, Private Leonard Joseph Lawlor Service Number 2144, 6th Bn.,Australian Infantry, A.I.F. fell at Gallipoli in 1915.