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Robert Richard METCALFE

Regimental number4853
Place of birthEaglehawk Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationTinsmith
AddressTemperance Hill, Eaglehawk, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Mr J Metcalfe, Temperance Hill, Eaglehawk, Victoria
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Place of burialVaulx Hill Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: John (d. 18 May 1923, aged 62; bu. Eaglehawk Cemetery) and Priscilla METCALFE (d. 2 July 1954, aged 92; bu. Eaglehawk Cemetery)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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