Robert WILLIAMS

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Service Number:	395
Enlisted:	5 June 1915, Newcastle
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Group
Born:	Breeza, New South Wales, Australia, 21 November 1895
Home Town:	Currabubula, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Currabubula Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Shell wound head - depressed fracture frontal bone, France, 6 February 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row G, Grave 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Currabubula War Memorial Hall, Mildura Cenotaph

5 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 395, Siege Artillery Brigade, Newcastle
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 395, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 395, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, Siege Artillery Brigade
6 Feb 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 395, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 395 awm_unit: 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-06
6 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 395, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, GSW head, depressed fracture frontal bone.

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Robert WILLIAMS was born in Breeza, New South Wales on 21st November, 1895

His parents were Robert & Ellen WILLIAMS