VOYER, Robert Benjamin David
| Service Number: | 1668 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Subiaco, Western Australia, 15 July 1929, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan area, Section BC, Grave 0167. Grave is unmarked |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1668, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1668, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
| 13 Jan 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1668, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Voyer and Clara Ann Voyer nee Scott of Normanby Place, West Richmond, Victoria.
Brother of Charles Herbert Clyde Voyer who returned to Australia having served with the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces and William Voyer who returned to Australia late 1917 having served with the 48th Battalion.
Husband of Margaret Scott Voyer nee Edwards of Alfred Street, Leederville, WA. Robert and Marguerite were married during 1905c in Perth, WA.
Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1915 aboard HT Ballarat disembarking on 6 August 1915
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.