Robert LAUCHLAND

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Service Number:	1320
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born:	Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1892
Home Town:	West End, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 16 November 1917
Cemetery:	The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Grave XIV. D. 2. Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLY AWAY , The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Postmaster-General's Dept Qld. WWI

23 Nov 1916:	Involvement 1320, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked 1320, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
16 Nov 1917:	Involvement 1320, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1320 awm_unit: Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: 2nd Air Mechanic awm_died_date: 1917-11-16

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Births Jun 1892 Lauchland Robert Walsall 6b 768

He was 25 and the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Lauchland, of Karilpa St., Brisbane, Queensland.

At the time of the 1901 census, Robert was 8 years old and living at 10 Binfield Road, Norton, Derbyshire.

At the time of the 1911 census, Robert was employed as a currier and was living with his mother and siblings.

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