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CROMPTON, Robert Dickenson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2172 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1917, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Mobile Veterinary Section |
| Born: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 February 1892 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station manager |
| Died: | Natural causes, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 19 August 1951, aged 59 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Pittosporum garden - Wall 4A, Niche 504 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2172, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 3 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2172, Camel Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Karmala embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 3 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2172, Camel Corps, RMS Karmala, Sydney | |
| 21 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2172, 6th Mobile Veterinary Section |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Robert Dickenson Crompton was a station manager, married to. Dorrit MacDonald in 1916 in Victoria.
He died at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital 19th August 1951.
He had four children, but an infant son named after him died at 10 weeks old, and is buried at Toowong Cemetery in Queensland.
His three surviving children were Ian, David and Marie.
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