Robert Thomas TOOP

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Service Number:	6784
Enlisted:	23 September 1915, Albert Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hereford, England, 1894
Home Town:	Maribyrnong, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Accidental (trench collapse), Egypt, 4 February 1916
Cemetery:	Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Grave 21 - Chaplain R. H. Pitt-Owen officiated, Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Tel el Kebir, North Egypt, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

23 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6784, Albert Park, Victoria
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 6784, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Bombardier, 6784, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
4 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 6784, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6784 awm_unit: 12th Australian Field Artillery Battery awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1916-02-04

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Son of T.H. Toop of Marsh Farm, Newport, Shropshire, England

Accidentally suffocated when the trench sides collapsed burying him underneath

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

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