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ROBSON, Walter Edgar John

Service Numbers:	554, 357
Enlisted:	25 November 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Field Company Engineers
Born:	Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia, 24 June 1887
Home Town:	Wyrallah, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Wyrallah Public School and Sydney Technical College, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 24 July 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot 1, Row F, Grave No.56, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballina Municipal Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

25 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 554, Liverpool, New South Wales
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 554, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 554, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
15 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 554, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
2 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Field Company Engineers
24 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 357, 1st Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 357 awm_unit: 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-07-24

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