Robert John DORAN

Badge Number: 70556, Sub Branch: State
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DORAN, Robert John

Service Number: 3090
Enlisted: 6 August 1915, at Keswick
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: North Adelaide, South Australia, December 1890
Home Town: Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Circumstances of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

6 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3090, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick
12 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 3090, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
12 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 3090, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide
31 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3090, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell shock / slight GSW leg
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Corporal, 3090, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Adelaide High School

Robert John Doran was born in approximately December 1890 in North Adelaide. Before enlisting into the war Doran was working as a clerk for some time and was baptised Roman Catholic. He also was single and his next of kin was his mother who lived on Cumming Street, Mile End. Doran was 5 foot 11 inches and ¾ and had a fair complexion. 

After sailing to Europe, Doran was wounded in action at Pozieres on 31 July 1916, suffering from shell shock; he may also have been suffering from a slight leg wound. He did not return to action in France but served out the remainder of the war in England.

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