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YON, Robert Henry

Service Number:	6410
Enlisted:	25 October 1916, Enlisted at Warragul, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Crystal Brook, South Australia, 18 November 1885
Home Town:	Yarram, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Crystal Brook Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 November 1917, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium Plot 11, Row A, Grave 27, Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarram WW1 War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6410, Enlisted at Warragul, Victoria, Australia
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6410, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6410, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
11 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 6410, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6410 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-11-11

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

10 February 1917 - Ton hospital with Bronchitis

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal