Edgar Reuben ROBARDS

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Service Number:	2228
Enlisted:	10 May 1915, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Molong, Cabonne, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Cerebral Abcess caused by bullet wound to the head, At sea (HS Kanowna), 11 November 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea Lone Pine Memorial Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye - Panel 39.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Molong & District Roll of Honour, Molong Armed Forces Personnel Roll of Honour, Molong War Memorial

10 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2228, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
14 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2228, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2228, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney
8 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2228, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bullet wound to the head and invalided to Alexandria on 13 August 1915. On 20 October he board HS Kanowna to Australia for discharge but died enroute and was buried at sea

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Son of Mary Ann Robards of Betts Street, Molong, NSW

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

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