Robert Henry BOX MM

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Service Number:	4631
Enlisted:	8 October 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 22 November 1891
Home Town:	Newnham, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Natural causes, Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, 13 October 1973, aged 81 years
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Cremation Memorials, Northern Wall, E2, 19
Memorials:

8 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4631, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 4631, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 4631, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
14 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4631, 12th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW back and right arm
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4631, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Contusions left knee
14 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4631, 12th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Shrapnel wounds back (multiple)
14 May 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", For coolness and skill in leading his platoon during operations east of Proyart on 23/26 August 1918 when his men were being heavily shell and were disorganised. By reorganising them, he then led them with great dash to consolidate their objective. Seeing there was a trench occupied by the enemy on the right that threatened his flank, he rushed the trench alone and bombed the enemy taking 11 prisoners.
15 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4631, 12th Infantry Battalion

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