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Robert Emmett KINCHINGTON

Regimental number2875
Place of birthLongreach Queensland
Other NamesKINCHINGTON, George Emmett
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationEngineer
Address16 Waverley Street, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Nellie Kinchington, 16 Waverley Street, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Pioneer Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/13/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of disease 6 February 1919
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialKillarney New Cemetery (RC Section), Ireland
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Ellen Kinchington, 40 Junction Road, Summer Hill, Sydney, New south Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: [2623] Lt Patrick KINCHINGTON MM, 3rd Bn, returned to Australia, 9 February 1919; 6823 Pte Vincent KINCHINGTON, 3rd Bn, returned to Australia, 1 August 1919; 2707 Pte Thomas John KINCHINGTON (alias Jack Thomas NEUGENT), 49th Bn, killed in action, 26 September 1917.
Miscellaneous detailsName incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as George Emmett KINCHINGTON.

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