Robert Joseph LUXTON

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LUXTON, Robert Joseph

Service Number:	Commissioned Officer
Enlisted:	6 August 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1880
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Giru War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
6 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 15th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), KIA 11 Apr 17

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From 15th Battalion AIF

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Robert Joseph Luxton, 9/2/1880 - 11/4/1917.Served Bethunes Mounted Infantry and First Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Africa 1899-1902, Royal Australian Artillery and Australian Instructional Corp 1907-1913, A.I.C. 1914-1915, A.I.F. 4th Training, 15th & 25th Battalions 1915-1917. 9/2/1880 - 11/4/1917.Served Bethunes Mounted Infantry and First Australian Commonwealth Horse, South Africa 1899-1902, Royal Australian Artillery and Australian Instructional Corp 1907-1913, A.I.C. 1914-1915, A.I.F. 4th Training, 15th & 25th Battalions 1915-1917.

Biography contributed

Robert Joseph LUXTON was born in Sydney on 9th February, 1880

His parents were Robert LUXTON & Mary Jane WRIGHT who married in Sydney in 1877

He married Isabella MAHER in Queensland on 9th December, 1908

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