Robert Barr WINDLOW

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Service Number:	1263
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Glen Huntly, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 23 January 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1263, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1263, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1263, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
1 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field
23 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1263, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wounds to the head
23 Jan 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 1263, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1263 awm_unit: 14 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-01-23

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Son of Thomas J WINDLOW & Elizabeth BARR of Glenhuntly Road, Glen Huntly, Victoria; brother of Arthur Leslie Windlow

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal