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Robert Riley CLABBY

Regimental number15925
Date of birth24 January 1888
Place of birthLancashire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStoreman
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29.10
Height5' 10.5"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinWife, Lydia Clabby, 83 Corunna Road, Stanmore, Sydney, New South wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 November 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, 1st & 2nd Anzac Mounted Divisions, 15th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Port Darwin on 30 April 1918
Discharge date24 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt

Embarked Sydney, 30 April 1918; disembarked Suez, 7 June 1918.

Admitted to Government Hospital, Suez, 7 June 1918 (influenza); discharged to duty, 17 June 1918.

Admitted to 5th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 7 January 1919 (influenza); discharged to duty, 10 January 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Burma', 30 June 1919; disembarked Sydney, 1 September 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 24 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, CLABBY Robert Riley

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