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OPENSHAW, Robert Malcolm
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7298 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 January 1917, Enlisted at Moree, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia , 14 February 1901 |
| Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England, 28 April 1952, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gore Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Church of England, 2, Grave 157 |
| Memorials: | Moree Memorial Hall Boer War & WW1 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7298, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Moree, NSW | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7298, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7298, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7298, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right leg. Invalided to England on 24 September 1918 | |
| 4 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7298, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at London as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlistment he gave his age as 22 which calculated his year of birth as 1894, BDM has his year of birthday as 1901c.
Son of Robert Openshaw and Mary Louisa Openshaw C/- Waterfall Hospital, Waterfall, NSW.
On 22 May 1919 Robert married Elsie May Marshall in the Congregational Church, Petersfield, Southampton, England. Minister T. Lee Hutson officiated.
Proposed address on discharged was given as College Street, Petersfield, Hants, England
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal