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Robert Maurice STUBBS

Regimental number3282
Place of birthGisborne, New Zealand
SchoolGisborne High School, New Zealand
Other trainingBallarat School of Mines
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAssayer
AddressPerth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinFather, John Henry Stubbs, Southern Cross, Western Australia
Enlistment date10 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name46th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/63/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 29 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularUnmarried - but greatly liked by those who knew him.
FateDied of wounds 2 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death41
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parent: John Henry and Elizabeth Harriet STUBBS, Southern Cross, Western Australia. Native of Gisborne, New Zealand
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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