RUSSELL, Robert
Service Number: | 128 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 128, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at South Melbourne | |
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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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
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
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
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