TREMAIN, Robert Lloyd
| Service Number: | 946 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 1897 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Dana Street School; School of Mines |
| Occupation: | Typist and Stenographer |
| Died: | Killed in Service, France, 26 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 946, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :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 Corporal, 946, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-08-26 |
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Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry in action. He did fine work reorganizing the company under fire, and in the consolidation of the position won.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 184
Date: 14 December 1916
Lt R. L. Tremain, D.C.M., eldest son of Mr R. Tremain, of Grant street west, was reported missing in August, 1916, but is now reported to have been killed in action on that date. The deceased soldier, who was 20 years of age at the time of his death, enlisted as a private in January, 1915, and sailed in the May following, leaving with the 23rd Battalion, to which he was attached. He was awarded the D.C.M. and his commission on the battlefield, and saw service in Egypt and France. Prior to enlisting he was employed by the firm of John McLeod and Co., of Lydiard street, and he was educated at the Dana street school and School of Mines.
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