LOVE, Robert Henry
| Service Number: | 3154 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Romsey, Victoria, Australia, April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | War related, Caulfield Military Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 24 October 1924 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3154, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3154, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3154, 5th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 30 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3154, 46th Infantry Battalion |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 3154 Private Robert Henry Love of Romsey and Kensington, Victoria, who at the time of his enlistment for War Service on the 16th of July 1915 had been employed as a painter.
Robert was allocated to reinforcements for the 5th Battalion 1st AIF and was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 29th of September, where he arrived just as the Gallipoli campaign was coming to its end.
Whilst in training Robert was transferred over to the newly formed 46th Battalion on the 31st of March 1916, and was awaiting his embarkation for France when he was evacuated to hospital suffering from gastritis.
Following his recovery, he was embarked for England on the 6th of June and after further training Robert was then sent over to France where he arrived on the 25th of July and was formally taken on strength with his Battalion in the field on the 16th of August.
Robert would be present for the heavy fighting to capture Pozieres, and having survived this battle unscathed, he was shortly after this again evacuated due to sickness, suffering from influenza, on the 20th of November.
Following hospitalization and then a short time of convalesces at Etaples, Robert was returned for further duty in the trenches on the 6th of February 1917.
It was just as the Battalion was to enter the front line for the 'First Battle of Bullecourt' in April, that Robert was again evacuated due to sickness.
This time he was diagnosed as suffering from dysentery, and following hospitalization at Rouen, he was returned to England and admitted into the University War Hospital on the 13th of June.
After a short period as a convalescent, Robert was again deemed fit enough to be returned to duty in the trenches and was again taken on strength with his Battalion, which at this time was in Belgium having been committed to the ‘Third Battle of Ypres’ on the 26th of November.
Robert’s service from this time on would be continuous until he was again evacuated due to sickness on the 6t of September 1918, but was again returned to duty on the 21st of September, and where he remained until the Armistice was declared on the 11th of November 1918.
In the days after the end of hostilities, Robert was again evacuated due to sickness, and was returned to England on the 9th of January 1919 where he was admitted into hospital at Bulford.
Whilst under medical care Robert was cited as suffering from the effects of anemia and debility and began his repatriation back to Australia as an invalid on the 16th of June 1919.
Having returned to Australia, Robert was officially discharged from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on the 30th of September 1919.
Robert’s health had been forever affected due to his time in the trenches and he would require ongoing care at the Caulfield Military Hospital in Melbourne following his discharge from the 1st AIF.
It was whilst he was being treated for illness caused by his War Service that Robert’s death occurred at the Caulfield Military Hospital on the 24th of October 1924 at the age of 42.
Following his premature passing, Private Robert Love, an invalided veteran of the ‘Great War’ was formally laid to rest within Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria.
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