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FOUNTAIN, Robert Samuel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6273 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fern Tree Gully, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Warnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Currie King Island Great War Honour Roll |
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World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6273, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6273, 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, 6273, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne | |
| 15 Mar 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6273, 12th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Folkestone, UK, disembarked France. | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Captured by the Germans in France. Repatriated to England. | |
| 15 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6273, 12th Infantry Battalion |
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