Robert Henry MCCOLL

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Service Numbers:	2946, 2946B
Enlisted:	5 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wilmington, South Australia , 27 December 1886
Home Town:	Greenethorpe, Weddin, New South Wales
Schooling:	Pinda Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grenfell Great War Memorial, Koorawatha War Memorial Park Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

5 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2946, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2946, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 2946B, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2946B awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-15

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