Robert Henry HAMMOND

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Service Number:	2414
Enlisted:	23 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Balmain, NSW, 15 November 1899
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	West Leichhardt Public School
Occupation:	Packer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 17 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

23 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2414, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2414, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2414, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 2414, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2414 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-15

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Son of the late G and Grace HAMMOND, 'Lestran' May street, Leichhardt, NSW

Robert served in Egypt and France and made the supreme sacrifice at Noreiul, near Bapaume 15 April 1917.

Prior to enlisting he was a member of the Highland Society's Newtown Pipe Band, and was in the Scottish Rifles for seven years.

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