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Robert Henry CALDWELL

Regimental number5649
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressDarling Street, Rozelle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Katherine Caldwell, Pym Street, Millthorpe, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWas wounded at Broodseinde, Belgium
FateDied of disease 1 January 1918
Place of death or woundingRoyal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, England
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England, England. Plot 11, Row A, Grave No. 19
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
88
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Katherine CALDWELL, Blake Street, Millithorpe, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 15342 Corporal William Andrew CALDWELL, 7th Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 25 September 1919.
Other details

Son of James Hamlin and Katherine Jane (nee Keating) Caldwell. War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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