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Webster Robert BATES

Regimental number3120
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolState School, Western Australia
Other trainingSchool of Mines, WA
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMachinery hand
Address40 Padbury Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Robert Bates, Bone Mills, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets (Compulsory Military Training scheme).
Enlistment date9 September 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name51st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/68/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death15 October 1917
Age at death19.6
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
152
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Webster and Helen BATES, Abattoirs Road, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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