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BATES, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 491 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kerang, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died post-discharge of tuberculosis, 1 July 1917, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria Mon. L. 158 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 491, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 491, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 29 and the son of James and Mary Ann Bates of Eaglehawk.
He was accepted for commemoration as Great War dead on 21/07/2017