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CAVANAGH, Robert Ashton
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2796 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Northam, Western Australia, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Esperance District WW1 Honour Roll, Esperance War Memorial, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2796, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2796, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2796, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2796, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2796 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of James and Charlotte Louisa Victoria Cavanagh. His brother 938 Driver Gordon James Cavanagh M.M. 10th Field Artillery Brigade was awarded a Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Ypres on 14 October, 1917.
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