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HEMSLEY, Robert Harry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3852 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Upminster, Essex, England., 1886 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Grave XXI. A. 20A. INSCRIPTION THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD , Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3852, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3852, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31 and the son of Thomas Franklyn and Clara Wilmott Hemsley. He is remembered on the Upminster War Memorial but incorrectly shown on the WWII panel.
Births Jun 1886 Hemsley Robert Harry Romford 4a 353