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ROBERTS, Robert Reid
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5760 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | King Island, Tasmania, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile Plot II, Row C, Grave 19 Headstone Inscription "THOUGH DEATH DIVIDES FOND MEMORY CLINGS", Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5760, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5760, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Hobart | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5760, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5760 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-29 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Edward George and Helen ROBERTS, of 275 Manbynong Road, Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia. Native of King Island, Tasmania.