Robert James Peter (Bob) WYATT

WYATT, Robert James Peter

Service Number: 6420
Enlisted: 6 October 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
Born: Buchan, Victoria, 7 September 1897
Home Town: Johnsonville, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling: Buchan State School
Occupation: Rabbit trapper/Mill hand
Died: Natural causes (cancer), Bairnsdale, Victoria, 30 June 1979, aged 81 years
Cemetery: Bairnsdale Public Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

6 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6420, Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6420, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6420, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
6 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6420, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
25 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6420, 21st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Joy Redenbach

Bob said he was a Blaksmith on enlistment to make sure he was accepted for service in the AIF

Next of kin Mother, Mrs Sarah Wyatt, Buchan South, Victoria