Robert Loton ANNEAR MID

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Service Number:	2065
Enlisted:	23 November 1914, Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Hamley Bridge, South Australia, Australia, 25 May 1886
Home Town:	Broome, Broome, Western Australia
Schooling:	Watervale Grammar School, South Australia
Occupation:	Pearler
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 2 December 1915, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial, Row B, Grave 47 Inscription; Until the morning breaks
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broome Roads Board WWI Roll of Honour, Broome War Memorial (New)

23 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Helena Vale, WA
26 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
26 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
2 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed In Action
28 Jan 1916:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Awarded and promulgated in the London Gazette, Supplement, No. 29455 on 28 January 1916; Commonwealth Gazette No. 44 on 6 April 1916.

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He was a member of the South Australian Defence Rifle Club, the Broome Rifle Club and Wirelss Guard, WA

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