Robert EIlis (Bob) DALE

Badge Number: S3428, Sub Branch: Edwardstown
S3428

DALE, Robert EIlis

Service Number: 4779
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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World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4779, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
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

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Biography 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