UNDERWOOD, Robert Melton
| Service Number: | 4119 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 15 May 1897 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Confectioner |
| Died: | Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia, 11 August 1978, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Crematorium Chapel Gardens, Garden F1, Site 20 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 4119, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 4119, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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The effect that the war had on "Bob" cannot be fiully understood, but it definitely changed his life. While he left home in 1916 as a spoilt but carefree young man he returned to his family home in 1919 as a quite, sombre "old man", who was stillonly 22 years old.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Malcolm Underwood and Frances J. Underwood of 'Albury', Royston Street, Paddington, NSW
Served at three confectionary apprenticeship with James Stedman Ltd.
25 April 1916 - enlisted at Sydney, NSW, with the 30th Battalion and rank of Private.
Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarked on 20 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
20 September 1919 - discharged at Sydney
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