Robert ATKINSON

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Service Number:	358
Enlisted:	17 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	East Greta, New South Wales, Australia , 26 November 1895
Home Town:	Weston, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 358, 34th Infantry Battalion
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 358, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 358 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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