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Robert Adam HENRY

Regimental number300
Place of birth456 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolLee Street State School No. 1252, Victoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationClerk
Address34 Armadale Street, Northcote, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Vida Henry, 34 Armadale Street, Northcote, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Forces
Enlistment date28 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name38th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/55/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at Bologne Hospital, France of wounds.
FateDied of wounds 27 January 1917
Place of death or woundingArment
Age at death22.11
Place of burialBologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No. 171), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
129
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Adam and Vida HENRY (nee Byron). Native of North Fitzroy, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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