Robert Lawrence LASHFORD

LASHFORD, Robert Lawrence

Service Number: 11168
Enlisted: 12 October 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Taranaki, New Zealand, 24 October 1880
Home Town: Mundubbera, North Burnett, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Natural Causes, Bundaberg, Queensland, 11 April 1980, aged 99 years
Cemetery: Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials: Mundubbera War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

12 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 11168, Brisbane, Queensland
15 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 11168, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 11168, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Osterley, Sydney
6 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 11168, 1st Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography

"...11168 Trooper Robert Lawrence Lashford, 14th Reinforcements, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, of Boyne River Qld... enlisted on 12 October 1915 and embarked on RMS Osterley from Sydney on 15 January 1916 for service overseas. He returned to Australia on 20 April 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)