Robert Edmund MCCANCE

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Service Number:	2057
Enlisted:	24 February 1915, Castlemaine, Vic.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF
Born:	Chewton, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Chewton, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Chewton State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Cab driver
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

24 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2057, 24th Infantry Battalion, Castlemaine, Vic.
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2057, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2057, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
25 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2057, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
16 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, France
27 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2057, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Battle for Pozières
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2057, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Mouquet Farm
2 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2057, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, RTA 4 May 1917. Discharged as medically unfit (rheumatism).

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