Robert Henry (Snowy) CANNON

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Service Number:	5009
Enlisted:	25 October 1917, St Kilda, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newmarket, Victoria, Australia, 1899
Home Town:	Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation:	Canister maker
Died:	9 April 1963, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria

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25 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5009, 29th Infantry Battalion, St Kilda, Vic.
22 Dec 1917:	Involvement Private, 5009, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1917:	Embarked Private, 5009, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5009, 29th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", GSW to right arm and leg sustained during a successful attack (and capture) of a German trench near Morlancourt, France. Evacuated to England.
4 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5009, 29th Infantry Battalion, RTA 18 January 1919 and discharged as medically unfit (right arm).

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