SWALLOW, Robert
| Service Number: | Q14330 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11 Field Regiment AMF |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 June 1904 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Concrete Ganger |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 July 1977, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Mar 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, Q14330, FTD 16/10/1941? | |
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| 15 Mar 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 15 Mar 1941: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, Q14330, 11 Field Regiment AMF, Royal Australian Engineers | |
| 16 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q14330 | |
| 11 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, Q14330, 11 Field Regiment AMF, Royal Australian Engineers | |
| 18 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q14330 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Robert was the eldest of 3 children of Robert Swallow (born in New Zealand) and Charlotte Maud Crisford (born in Sydney, New South Wales). Robert was born in Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales and by 1914 the family had moved to Englesberg, Boonah in Queensland where Robert Snr was a Farmer.
Robert, 19 years of age in 1924, was Labourer when he married Elizabeth Esther Kaden in Boonah, QLD. The family moved to Brisbane, QLD, where Robert was a Labourer when he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1941. Following his Discharge in 1945, Robert continued to live in Brisbane, QLD and worked as a Labourer until his death in 1956
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