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WILLOUGHBY, Robert Edgar

Service Number:	4513
Enlisted:	29 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Bronchitis and Influenza, France, 19 October 1918
Cemetery:	St. Pol British Cemetery, St. Pol-sur-Ternoise Plot 1, Row C, Grave 10
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Kalgoorlie Roll of Honor, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

29 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4513, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
1 Jun 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 4513, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
1 Jun 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 4513, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
1 Jun 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 4513, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
1 Jun 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 4513, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
25 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
19 Oct 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 4513, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4513 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-10-19

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