Robert Eric CROSS

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CROSS, Robert Eric

Service Numbers:	6785, 6785A
Enlisted:	17 August 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1899
Home Town:	Alberton West, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 August 1918
Cemetery:	Assevillers New British Cemetery I D 10,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarram WW1 War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6785, 24th Infantry Battalion
24 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Depot Battalion, Transferred to 1st Depot Battalion Broadmeadows Camp for training allocated to 20th Reinforcement’s 24th Battalion on 13th November 1917
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 6785A, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 6785A, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
16 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, AIF Headquarters (Egypt), Transferred to Australian Base Suez till transport available to UK
30 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Depot Battalion , Transferred to Australian Infantry Base Depot France for reinforcement’s to 24th Battalion in the field France
4 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 24th Battalion in the field France
4 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6785, 24th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6785, 24th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
28 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6785, 24th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"
28 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 6785, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6785 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-28

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

PTE. ERIC CROSS
Wo have to record the death in action of this young soldier within a few days of his expected relief from the trenches. He was an employee of Messrs G. Kinnear & Sons before enlisting, and prior to embarkation was tendered a send-off and presentation by his fellow employees. He was a young men of quiet unassuming disposition and was highly esteemed by those with whom he came in contact. Pte Cross, was a nephew of ex Cr Treganowan, of Williamstown.

Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Memorial to Private Robert Eric Cross at Williamstown General Cemetry Family Plot

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