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WHITEHEAD, Robert

Service Number:	1227
Enlisted:	16 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Wigam, England , 2 January 1892
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton Gallipoli Roll of Honour, Whyalla Roll of Honour, Whyalla WW1 War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1227, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1227, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1227, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
27 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1227, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Listed on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour as Robert Reginald Whitehead

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