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Robert HITCHENS

Regimental number6230
Place of birthCressy, Tasmania
Other NamesHITCHINS
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPloughman
AddressCressy, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Henry Hitchens, Cressy, Tasmania
Previous military service91st Battalion SC
Enlistment date19 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name8th Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Company Engineers
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied on Broncho-pneumonia
FateDied of disease 26 October 1918
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row J, Grave No. 22), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Alice HITCHENS, Cressy, Tasmania

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