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DALE, Robert EIlis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4779 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 4 June 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremation date 6 June 1975. Ashes interred on Columbarium Wall 16, Niche C024. Internment number 239026 which expires on 18 September 2025 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4779, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4779, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4779, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 24 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 14th Battalion | |
| 27 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Company, Transferred from the 46th Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 4779, 4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 20 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4779, 4th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Edit Dale nee Heard of Fairy Street, Warrnambool, Victoria
Robert and Edith married during 1915c in Victoria
Commenced his return to Australia on 13 March 1919 on board HT Armagh disembarking on 5 April 1919
At the time of his death he was residing in Edwardstown, SA
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal