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Robert Reid ROBERTS

Regimental number5760
Place of birthHobart Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Roberts, Coffee Palace Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date21 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 8 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Machine Gun Company
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialUnicorn Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 19), Vend'huile, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Helen ROBERTS, 275 Manbynong Road, Ascot Vale, Victoria. Native of King Island, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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