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Robert Ernest PAYNE

Regimental number5125
Place of birthKillawarra, Victoria
SchoolKillawarra State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressKillawarra, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Robert Payne, Killawarra PO, Killawarra, Victoria
Enlistment date29 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 18 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 15 April 1918
Place of death or woundingBuire, Somme Sector, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialRibemont Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
114
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Elizabeth PAYNE, Killawarra, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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