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WOODHEAD, Robert George
| Service Number: | 1111 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 23 August 1960, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1111, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1111, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
Appointed as Secretary to the RSL SA Branch from February 1921, after Mr Fearby's resignation. He served as assitant secretary for 3 years and State Secretary for 2 years retiring in 1922.
Biography contributed by VWM Australia
He spent three years in an internment camp when the Japanese occupied Shanghai in World War II.