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MITCHELL, Robert Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 707 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dubbo, NSW, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assistant Railway Guard |
| Died: | Concord Repat Hospital, Sydney, NSW, 29 August 1985, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 707, 30th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 707, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 707, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Unit 17th Anzac Light Railway Operating Company Award Military Medal Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 7 August 1918 on page 1657 at position 16 London Gazette 19 March 1918 on page 3473 at position 16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Enlisted Liverpool, Sydney 21 July 1915 30TH Inf. Btn./’C’ Coy/later to 1ST ANZAC LROC/then to 3RD AUS LROC 11 Jun 1917.
Twice wounded. MM awarded in the field April 1917.
Only son of Harriette Mitchell of Darlington, Sydney, Australia.
ARRIVED FRANCE: 6 June 1916/AGE ON ENLISTMENT: 22 Years, 1 Month
ENLISTMENT PERIOD: 4 Years, 24 Days/SERVICE ABROAD: 3 Years, 218 Days/IN THE FIELD: 549 Days (1.5 Years)
DISEMBARKED: Sydney 2 August. 1919.
Died Concord Repat Hospital, Sydney 29 August 1985.
Missed Father of his only son, Robert William Mitchell.
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