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LIDGETT, Robert Laurence

Other Name:	Lidgett, Robert Lawrence - WWII Service Record
Service Numbers:	7351, T22940
Enlisted:	2 June 1915
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	Ordnance Stores Companies
Born:	Ballan, Victoria, Australia, 27 April 1895
Home Town:	Greendale, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer - later Service Station Proprietor
Died:	Natural causes, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 14 September 1944, aged 49 years
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Cremated - Derwent Gardens, Aust.Imp.Forc Arch, 1 North, Number 3, G
Memorials:	Ballan St. John's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honor, Ballan War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7351, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 7351, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
28 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF)
27 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF)
12 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Motor Transport Company
30 Apr 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Motor Transport Company
7 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Motor Transport Company
18 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 7351, 6th Motor Transport Company

World War 2 Service

6 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, T22940
20 Oct 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, T22940, Ordnance Stores Companies

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