Robert John MUSKETT

MUSKETT, Robert John

Service Number: 6323
Enlisted: 22 May 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
Born: Huonville, Tasmania, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Huonville, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling: State School, Tasmania
Occupation: Orchardist
Died: Killed in Action, near St. Eloi, France, 26 February 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Huonville School Pictorial HR, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

22 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6323, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
24 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 6323, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 6323, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert John and Rosina Ruth Muskett of Huonville, Tasmania

Also served in the Militia for 2 years

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal