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APPLEBY, Robert
| Service Number: | 402 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Alnwick, England, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Mount Schank, Grant, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 29 March 1925, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 7S, Site No: 12 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 402, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 402, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 402, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 402, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Akeem ARSLANAGIC
Robert Appleby was born in the year 1880 at Aluwick, England. At one point in his life before World War I, he moved to Australia. His hometown in Australia was Mount Schank. He worked as a labourer, specifically a woodman until he enlisted
He had a sister called Mary Jane Appleby who he would list as his next of kin. Appleby enlisted not long after the war begun on August 24 1914. After enlisting, he embarked with the 10th Battalion on 20 October 1914 from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius. His age was 34 when he embarked and his rank was Private.
Appleby served at Gallipoli until he was hospital ill in July 1915. He was then deployed to the Military Police and struck off from the 10th Battalion deemed medically unit. In raely 1916 he was treated in hospital with Rheumatism before rejoining the 10th Battalion in March 1916. Appleby switched from 10th to 50th Battalion on 2nd of April 1916 and embarked to the Western Front. In October 1916 he was transfeered to a Prisoner of War company but only for a couple of weeks beofer retunring to the 50th Battalion.
He returned to Australia on 23 October, 1918 on special 1914 leave.
He died only a few years after the war on 29 March 1925. He was buried at AIF Cemetery (Row 7 East, Grave No. 12) at West Terrace, Adelaide.
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