LORD, Robert Stanley
| Service Number: | 1262 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1914, An original of H Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 25 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | New Town, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Machinist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1262, 15th Infantry Battalion, An original of H Company | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1262, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1262, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1262, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1262 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His older brother Corporal Hector Edward Lord 12th Battalion AIF was killed in action 25 August 1918.
When Robert enlisted at the age of 17, he was was also paying court-mandated child support of five shillings a week (50c) for an infant son who had been given up for adoption.
Robert declared he was an 18-year-old machinist, but his mother would later state he was under-age and she only gave him permission to join because he was continually being worried by the 19-year-old woman who said he had fathered her child.
Robert simply went missing at Gallipoli on the 8 August 1915, no one witnessed his demise, nor does he have a known grave.
His medals etc., under direction from the Minister if the Army, were eventually split between his mother, the seperated father, and the adopted child who was being cared for by a guardian.
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