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MARCHMENT, Robert Westall

Service Number:	3295
Enlisted:	25 October 1915, Place of Enlistment, Holsworthy, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1891
Home Town:	Wauchope, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
Schooling:	Wauchope Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Telegraph Operator
Died:	Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia, 15 April 1955, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wauchope Cemetery, Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Port Macquarie Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

25 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3295, 20th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Holsworthy, New South Wales.
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3295, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3295, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
16 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Machine Gun Company
1 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Battalion
1 Nov 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Battalion
18 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Battalion
18 Mar 2016:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company

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