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Robert Francis Crother WILKINSON

Regimental number3652
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTinsmith
Address80 Helena Street, Auburn, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinSister, Miss N Wilkinson, 80 Helena Street, Auburn, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 May 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Robert Francis
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialFranvillers Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
84
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Simpson and Helena Harriett WILKINSON. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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