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CHURCH, Robert Gordon
| Service Numbers: | 2896, S37960 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 March 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 3 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | North Adelaide Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Plumber and Iron worker |
| Memorials: | North Adelaide Public School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2896, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2896, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2896, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 10 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2896, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, SW buttock and right shoulder | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Bombardier, 2896 |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Sep 1941: | Involvement Corporal, S37960 | |
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| 29 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Kensington, SA | |
| 20 Jul 1942: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Robert Gordon Church was born in Adelaide, South Australia on the 3rd of July 1896. Before enlisting in WW1 he worked as a plumber and an ironworker.
His family members were his mother Elizebeth Ann Church and his brother who worked as an engineer in the war, Allen Jeffcott Church.
Robert Gordon Church enlisted in the first world war on the 6th of March 1916. He embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916.
He was wounded in action at Zourve Wood, 10 September 1917, and was sent to No 2 Stationary Hospital in Abbeville, he was sent back to the war after. On 27 July 1918, he was sent to No 7 Dublin Hospital after contracting influenza.
On 20 May 1919, he returned to Australia, while his brother returned earlier on 25 January 1919.
Church received the British War Medal and Victory Medal in recognition of his service.
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