PROBERT, Robert
| Service Number: | 37907 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Groom Chauffer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Hangard Communal Extension Cemetery Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, Hangard, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 37907, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 37907, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 29 Aug 1918: | Involvement Driver, 37907, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 37907 awm_unit: 12th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-08-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1887PROBERT Robert Bedwelty11a 86
He served with the 12th Australian Field Ambulance Brigade.
He was 30 and the son of John and Martha Probert, of 42, Portland St., Abertillery, Wales. Abertillery [Welsh: Abertyleri, meaning mouth of the River Tyleri) is the largest town and a community of the Ebbw Fach valley in what was the historic county of Monmouthshire, Wales. Following local government reorganisation it became part of the Blaenau Gwent County Borough administrative area. The surrounding landscape borders the Brecon Beacons National Park and the Blaenavon World heritage Site. It was formerly a major coal mining centre.It is situated on the A467 the town is 15 miles north of the M4 and 5 miles south of the A465 "Heads of the Valleys" trunk road. It is about 25 miles by road from Cardiff and 47 miles from Bristol.
He is commemorated on the Abertillery Central Memorial, Somerset Street, Abertillery, - pictured South Wales Gazette dated 20th September 1918.
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