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Robert William DUKES

Regimental number307
Place of birthMaryborough Queensland
SchoolBrooweena State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressBrowweena, Gayndah Line, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Dukes, Brooweena, Gayndah Line, Queensland
Enlistment date9 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBernafay Wood British Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 25), Montauban, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Elizabeth DUKES, Brooweena, Queensland

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