Robert SWANTON

SWANTON, Robert

    Service Number: 2254
    Enlisted: 18 October 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Stuart Mill, Victoria, Australia, 8 November 1891
    Home Town: St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Melbourne High School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed In Action, France, 23 July 1918, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France
    Plot I, Row D, Grave No. II
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2254, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    30 Jul 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    1 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    11 May 1917: Involvement 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    11 May 1917: Embarked 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    12 Dec 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, France
    19 May 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, Ville sur Ancre
    4 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory
    23 Jul 1918: Involvement Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-07-23

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