Robert Loton ANNEAR MID

ANNEAR, Robert Loton

    Service Number: 2065
    Enlisted: 23 November 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Hamley Bridge, South Australia, 25 May 1886
    Home Town: Broome, Broome, Western Australia
    Schooling: Watervale Grammar School, South Australia
    Occupation: Pearler
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 December 1915, aged 29 years
    Cemetery: 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery
    Special Memorial, Row B, Grave 47 Chaplain T.F. Tyler officiated Headstone inscription reads; Until the morning breaks, 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broome Roads Board WWI Roll of Honour, Broome War Memorial (New)
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
    26 Apr 1915: Involvement 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 Private, 2065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
    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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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Robert Samuel Annear and Mary Euphemia (Effie) Annear nee Mills of Carnamah, Midland Railway, WA. Brother of William Murray Annear, Jessie Jean Annear and Kenneth Charles Annear

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

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

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