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ROBERTSON, Raymond Wallace

Service Number:	1751
Enlisted:	21 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Surry Hills, New South Wales, 5 September 1896
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bathurst North State School
Occupation:	Railway clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst High School Roll of Honour WW1, Bathurst High School Roll of Honour WW2, Bathurst Public School Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

World War 1 Service

21 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1751, Liverpool, New South Wales
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1751, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1751, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1751, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
22 Aug 1915:	Wounded Private, 1751, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (thigh)
30 Jul 1916:	Wounded Private, 1751, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , 2nd occasion - GSW (left shoulder)
20 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion
31 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1751, 18th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1751 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-31

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