Robert Sidney WAKE

WAKE, Robert Sidney

    Service Number: 170
    Enlisted: 19 August 1914, South Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Durham, England , 1892
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Dunston Elementary School, England
    Occupation: Ships Steward
    Died: Died of Illness - Carcinoma of Rectumcachezia and Heart Failure, No 1. Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, United Kingdom, 8 February 1916
    Cemetery: Harefield (St. Mary) Churchyard, Middlesex, United Kingdom
    Australian Section. Grave 4. Inscription: TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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    World War 1 Service

    19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, South Melbourne, Victoria
    21 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
    21 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
    5 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Novian"
    25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded In Action -- G.S.W. Both Feet -- Gallipoli
    25 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Gallipoli, Turkey
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    26 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Gallipoli for Alexandria per H.S "Seang Choon"
    30 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- No. 15 Australian General Hospital -- G.S.W. Both Feet -- Alexandria, Egypt
    17 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for England per H.S "Navasa"
    29 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 2nd Western General Hospital -- G.S.W. Both Feet -- Manchester, England
    8 Feb 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 170, 5th Infantry Battalion, Died of Illness -- No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital -- Carcinoma of Rectumcachezia and Heart Failure -- Harefield, England

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