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Robert William TANDY

Regimental number1424
Place of birthGloucester, England
SchoolSt James' School, Gloucester, England
Age on arrival in Australia23
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressNew Street, Plympton, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs E E Tandy, New Street, Plympton, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 2 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularFamily migrated to Australia.
FateDied of disease 26 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death28.6
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row G, Grave No. 26), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
151
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Robert and Elizabeth TANDY, New Street, Rothville, Plympton, Adelaide, South Australia. Native of Gloucester, England

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