Robert Hallett TUNKIN MM

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Service Number:	2529
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia, January 1897
Home Town:	Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Irymple Public School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2529, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2529, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2529, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2529 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12
20 Dec 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Battle of Messines, "At Messines between 7th and 11th of June 1917, during the attack on the final objective, Pte Tunkin was a linesman. Under very heavy fire he constantly patrolled and repaired telephone lines and kept up communications which to a great extent were responsible for the succss of operations. 14/6/1917" 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219

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Robert Hallett TUNKIN was born in Wentworth, NSW in 1897

His parents were Frank TUNKIN & Martha Ellen DACEY who married in Wentworth in 1887