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ROYLE, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2647 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newmarket Baptist Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2647, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2647, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2647, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2647 awm_unit: 2 Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
News has been received that Gunner Robert Royle, of 27 Sussex st., Moonee Ponds, was killed in action in France, on 3rd November. He went away from Victoria in August, 1915 with the 8th reinforcements of the 7th battalion, and saw service in Gallipoli and Egypt before going to France. The deceased, who was a son of Mrs. Beck, of 105 The Parade, leaves a widow and four children. He was a builder by occupation, and was in business for himself before joining the colours.