MAUDSLEY, Robert Thomas
| Service Number: | 137 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grinleton, England, April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Grindleton National School |
| Occupation: | Egg and Butter Dealer / Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot II, Row C, Grave No 4 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Pirie Oval WW1 Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 137, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 137, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 137, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 137, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"Robert Thomas Maudsley was born in Lancashire, England, in 1889. He was single, a labourer, and living in Keswick, Adelaide. Private Maudsley enlisted in the Australian Army on 22 July 1915 and was attached to the 32nd Battalion, A Company.
On 18 November 1915, Private Maudsley, aged 26 at the time, embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong.
Private Maudsley served in Eqypt and the Western Front before he was killed in action during the Battle of Fromelles at Fleurbaix, France, on 19 July 1916.
Private Maudsley was one of 250 Australian and British World War One soldiers recovered from a mass burial site at Pheasant Wood in France in 2009 and reburied in the Fromelles Military Cemetery in 2010." - SOURCE (www.contactairlandandsea.com)
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