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MAKEHAM, Robert Leo
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 99 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Machine Gun section |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Welshpool, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | 1948, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Foster State School No 1172 Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 99, 29th Infantry Battalion, Machine Gun section | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 99, 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, 99, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 10 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Machine Gun Company | |
| 25 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Machine Gun Company | |
| 20 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Machine Gun Company |
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