Robert (Bob) ABERNETHY

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Service Number:	373
Enlisted:	20 January 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brown's Mountain, Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1887
Home Town:	Cambewarra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	War Service (Gas) Complications, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 2 July 1932, aged 45 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:	Nowra Shoalhaven Soldiers Memorial Gates, Nowra St Andrew's Presbyterian Church War Memorial Tower and Honour Roll

20 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 373, Liverpool, New South Wales
13 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 373, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 373, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
16 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 373, 36th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW Right Cheek
31 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion
17 Jan 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 36th Infantry Battalion
12 May 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 373, 36th Infantry Battalion, RTA per "Rauhine" (MU Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
4 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 373, 36th Infantry Battalion

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