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VARCOE, Robert Neil
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5765 |
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Enlisted: | 9 March 1916, Millicent, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Millicent, South Australia, 24 August 1890 |
Home Town: | Millicent, Wattle Range, South Australia |
Schooling: | Nangula Public School |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1918, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 11, Row B, Grave 7, Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Millicent War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5765, Millicent, South Australia | |
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27 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5765, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
27 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5765, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
9 May 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second) | |
26 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 5765, 10th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5765 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Benjamin and Isabella Mary (nee Houston) Varcoe of Mount Graham, Millicent SA; brother of Olive Isabel Varcoe, George Benjamni Varcoe, Honor Irene VArcoe, Ray Eliza Varcoe, Leonard Ray Varcoe, Mary Estelle Varcoe and Donald Thomas Varcoe,
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal