Robert FAKES MID

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Service Number:	1125
Enlisted:	5 January 1916, Armidale
Last Rank:	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	Australian Corps School (AIF)
Born:	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 1894
Home Town:	Stonehenge, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Stonehenge Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, 15 February 1974, aged 79 years
Cemetery:	Glen Innes General Cemetery Ang A
Memorials:	Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial

5 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1125, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Armidale
4 May 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 1125, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Corporal, 1125, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
5 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 33rd Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 33rd Infantry Battalion
13 Apr 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Australian Corps School (AIF)
11 Jul 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
16 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 1125, Australian Corps School (AIF)

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