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Robert Charles CORNWALL

Regimental number1725
Place of birthBairnsdale Victoria
ReligionProtestant
OccupationLabourer
AddressPakenham, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary G Cornwell, Pakenham, Victoria
Enlistment date18 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 14 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death21.2
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
43
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary CORNWALL. Native of Bairnsdale, Victoria

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