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PORTEOUS, Robert Neville

Service Numbers:	8944, N172467
Enlisted:	18 July 1915, Liverpool
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	8 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	WINGHAM, NSW, 14 October 1891
Home Town:	Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Adamstown Public School and Maitland High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1977, aged 85 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Maitland High School Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

18 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8944, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Liverpool
16 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 8944, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
16 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 8944, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
27 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
15 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8944, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HT Ypiringa, England for return to Australia as nursing staff - disembarking Melbourne 5 July 1919
29 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8944, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF

World War 2 Service

22 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, N172467
12 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, N172467, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF

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