Robert RUSSELL

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Service Number:	128
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Enlisted at South Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Westholme, Dorset, England, 1876
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 25 Had previously served in the Royal Navy, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 128, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at South Melbourne
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 128, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 128, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne

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Next of kin given as his niece Rosie Harford of 131 Cobden Street, South Melbourne

Killed by machine guns wounds to the abdomen

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Next of kin given as his niece Rosie Harford of 131 Cobden Street, South Melbourne

Killed by machine guns wounds to the abdomen

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal