Robert Thomas MAUDSLEY

MAUDSLEY, Robert Thomas

Service Number: 137
Enlisted: 22 July 1915
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
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World War 1 Service

22 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 137
18 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 137, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :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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Biography 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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