Robert Henry SAUNDERS

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Service Number:	1829
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Avoca, Tasmania, Australia, 16 September 1888
Home Town:	Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Latrobe War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sassafras Methodist Church Honour Roll

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17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1829, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1829, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1829, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1829 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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