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Robert Byron LAWLOR

Regimental number5044
Place of birthLilydale, Victoria
SchoolBuxton State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressBuxton PO, Buxton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, William Lawlor, Buxton PO, Buxton, Victoria
Enlistment date10 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 3 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXIII, Row G, Grave No. 6), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
96
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah LAWLOR, "The Oaks", Buxton, Victoria. Native of Lilydale, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1155 Pte Leonard Joseph LAWLOR, 6th Bn, killed in action, 25 April 1915; 3004 Sapper William James LAWLOR, 8th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 3 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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