Robert William HOSKINS

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HOSKINS, Robert William

Service Number:	1357
Enlisted:	9 November 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dartmoor, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1892
Home Town:	Dartmoor, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 1970, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

9 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1357, 5th Infantry Battalion
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1357, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1357, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1357, 5th Infantry Battalion, WiA France; GSW head and legs- evacuated to England
14 Dec 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1357, 5th Infantry Battalion, embarked Southampton for Melbourne on board HT Burmah
30 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1357, 5th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Robert William Hoskins (Service No:1357) enlisted in the AIF on 9 November 1914 with 5th Infantry Battalion (in some records his Service No was recorded as 1344). Private Hoskins embarked on 2 February 1915 from Melbourne for Egypt on board HMAT Clan McGillivray A46 and saw action in Alexandria, Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Private Hoskins was in France when he was WiA (GSW to legs and head) on 25 July 1916 and was evacuated to England. On 14 December 1918 Private Hoskins embarked from Southampton for Melbourne on board HT Burmah and was attached to 5th Infantry Battalion at Discharge 30 March 1919.

Robert was born in Dartmoor via Heywood, Victoria in 1892, second of eight children of Robert Hoskins Snr (b1857 in Bridgewater, Victoria) and Elizabeth McKinnon (b1866 in Dartmoor, Victoria). Robert Snr (a Grazier) and Elizabeth married in 1887 in Dartmoor and lived there and in Mumbannar where they raised their family and Robert was a Grazier and then Labourer.

Robert worked as a Labourer in Mumbannar before enlisting in the AIF. Following his Dicharge, in 1921 in Melbourne he married Phyllis Irene Beaven (b1896 in Horsham, Victoria) - Phyllis was working in Melbourne as a Clerk. Robert and Phyllis settled in Melbourne where they raised theirf maily and Robert was a Railway Employee. Robert died in 1970 and Phyllis in 1974.

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