LODGE, Robert John
| Service Numbers: | 1840, W30678 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
| Born: | York, Western Australia, 25 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cottesloe, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 17 July 1971, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens - Garden 22-035 |
| Memorials: | Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk, Dalgetys Honour Roll WA, Peppermint Grove Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club WWI HR |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1840, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 31 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 1840, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 1840, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
| 3 Dec 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1840, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Gun shot wound to arm in France | |
| 29 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1840, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed in France | |
| 23 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Promoted in the Field in France |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Oct 1940: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, W30678, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA), Enlisted Capel, Western Australia | |
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| 21 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, W30678 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
Robert married 1st Enid Joan McRae 25 Jan 1921, they had a daughter. Enid passed away in 1949. He married 2nd Lillian Lester Jones in 1958.
The West Australian (Perth: WA: 1879-1954)
Thursday 26 Apr 1951 Page 16
EX-A.I.F. MAN INJURED
Returning home about 2.25 p.m. yesterday after attending Anzac Day services in Perth, a veteran of the A.LF. who took part in the landing on Gallipoli, was struck by the rear of a utility at the corner of Walcott and Beaufort streets, Mt Lawley. He is Robert John Lodge (58), of Clothilde street, Mt Lawley, and he received a lacerated forehead. The driver of the utility was Leonard Haines of Marlborough street, Maylands. The injured man was taken in a St. John am bulance to the Royal Perth Hospital, where he was treated and allowed to go.