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Robert HOUNAM

Regimental number4046
Place of birthRothbury, England
SchoolCouncil School
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraper
AddressBurnie, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs P Hounam, Burnie, Tasmania
Enlistment date4 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Orontes on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBulls road Cemetery (Plot I, row A, Grave No. 37), flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ada HOUNAM; husband of Phoebe HOUNAM, Burnie, Tasmania. Native of Rothbury, England

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