Robert Ernest THOMAS

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Service Number:	4244
Enlisted:	25 October 1915, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 1895
Home Town:	Camperdown, Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 13 May 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

25 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4244, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4244, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4244, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
20 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion, At Forvant, England
13 May 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 4244, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4244 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-05-13

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Fairview' Morphett Street, Camperdown, NSW

Nex of kin was his brother William James Thomas of Araluen Catherine Street, Leichhardt, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal