Robert Joseph LUXTON

LUXTON, Robert Joseph

Service Number: Commissioned Officer
Enlisted: 6 August 1915, Military experience in Bethunes Mounted Infantry, 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse, Royal Australian Artillery
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1880
Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed In Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 37 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Giru War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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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, Military experience in Bethunes Mounted Infantry, 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse, Royal Australian Artillery
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)

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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. 

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