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LANDER, Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3864 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 12 March 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 3864, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 3864, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was the son of Caroline E.G. Lander and the late Henry Lander. He enlisted in the AIF on 12/7/1915 and embarked from Melbourne with the 9th Reinforcements on 8/2/1916 aboard HMAT "Warialda" (A69). After a brief stop in Egypt he arrived in France and joined the 22nd Battalion on 31/7/1916. In December 1916 he was taken ill and did not rejoin the battalion until 1/3/1917. He was aged 23 years.
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