Robert Sydney UNWIN

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Service Number:	771
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 July 1921, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Portion 7A, 86-12, (U1/451). Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance, Wall 6, Row D.
Memorials:

21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 771, 7th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 771, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Son of James Unwin and Sarah Unwin nee Bullen of Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, QLD

2 February 1917 - enlisted at Brisbane with the 7th Machine Gun Company with the rank of Private.

24 January 1918 - transferred to the 9th Battalion and re-allocated with service number 771A

Commenced return to Australia 18 July 1919 aboard Takada disembarking on 7 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

2 October 1919 - discharged at the 1st Military District

On 22 June 1920 Robert married Alice Gertrude Dunn in QLD.