KRAUTH, Robert Vincent
| Service Numbers: | 1576, W40223 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1914, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 16 August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Acrobat / Painter |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Western Australia, Australia, 12 January 1976, aged 92 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Ec Section-Garden 10-0095 |
| Memorials: | Midland Western Australian Government Railways Midland Traffic Branch Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bugler, 1576, 11th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked 1576, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement 1576, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, W40223 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs Annie Krauth, 9 Avenue, Maylands, Western Australia
Husband of Violet Mary KRAUTH, 70 Ninth Avenue, Maylands, Western Australia
Pte. Robert Vincent Krauth, 11th Battalion Australian Infantry, was reported on 3 March 1916 to have been invalided home. The former acrobat arrived at Gallipoli as a reinforcement to his battalion on 7 May 1915. He was hospitalized on 5 July; transferred to Malta on 16 July; leaving for England on H.M.H.S. Glengorm Castle on 6 August 1915. While a patient in the 3rd County of London Hospital, Wandsworth, he was diagnosed with heart disease and returned to Australia aboard H.M.T. Runic, leaving Portland on 7th November 1915.
Biography contributed by Karen Marr
Was a stow away during the Boer War - stayed and played the bugle as he was under age.
Gallipoli service - an article mentions shell shock, and treatment at Wansdworth Hospital, UK - possibly The Third London General Hospital, Wandsworth, UK. See links.
After returning - with the stage name of Bobby Krauth - he was involved in entertainment - travelling with the Gallipoli Strollers and other groups, and is mentioned in the newspapers often as ANZAC entertainer. It appears he was an acrobat in these shows.
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