ANSTIS, Royston Leopold Harold
| Service Number: | 4073 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1916, Enoggera, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Croydon, Surrey, London, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Cattadown, Plymouth, Devon |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds From Exploding Shell, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium, 30 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4073, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enoggera, Queensland | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4073, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4073, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4073, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Royston Leopold Harold ANSTIS was born in Croydon, Surrey, London in 1895 - he was also known as Roy in some of his war records
His parents were George Ernest ANSTIS & Laura Elizabeth GOODING who married in England in 1895
He enlisted at Enoggera in Queensland on 29th January, 1916 and embarked with the 25th Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements from Brisbane on the HMAT Commonwealth on 28th March, 1916
Roy was Killed in Action on 30th October, 1917 at Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium due to wounds from an exploding shell - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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His brother Claud Clement Godfrey ANSTIS (SN 7095) 15th Battalion was also Killed in Action in WW1 on 14th August, 1918
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