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GRAHAM, Robert Wishart
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1566 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Liverpool |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | North Shields, England, 24 February 1880 |
| Home Town: | Lewisham, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | High School, North Shield, England |
| Occupation: | Buyer & Sectional Manager - Farmer & Co |
| Died: | GSW right forehead from machine gun fire, Broodeseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1566, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Liverpool | |
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| 25 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Light Trench Mortar Batteries | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 11 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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