Robert (Bob) KING

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Service Numbers:	99, 470
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Nethybridge, Inverness, Scotland, 12 August 1892
Home Town:	Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Abernethy Public School, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Cancer, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 30 August 1960, aged 68 years
Cemetery:	Charters Towers Monumental & Lawn Cemetery, Queensland Section 20, Plot 433, Grave Number 12678.
Memorials:

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 99, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 99, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 99, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli, knee
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 99, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Field Company Engineers
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 470, 3rd Field Company Engineers, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
21 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 470, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , 2nd occasion - GSW (thigh)
20 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 16th Field Company Engineers
24 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 470, 3rd Field Company Engineers

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