Robt George PATCHING

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Service Number:	1907
Enlisted:	16 January 1915, Enlisted at Oaklands,SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 4 December 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Lawn B, Row 02, Grave 3. Also interred in the grave is his wife Florence Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

16 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1907, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Oaklands,SA
1 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1907, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
1 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1907, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1907, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Bullet wound to the shoulder and back. Invalided to England 29 April 1918
11 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1907, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 1907, 52nd Infantry Battalion

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Son of George Abraham Patching and Ellen Patching nee Cotton of Napeir Street, Stawell, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima

During 1922 Robert married Florence Elizabeth Bridges in Victoria. Florence died in 1965

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal