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Robert Duff DUNNICLIFFE

Regimental number2324
SchoolPublic School, North Waratah, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMaitland Road, Mayfield, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Thomas Dunnicliffe, Maitland Road, Mayfield, Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Volunteer Cadets, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date13 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 11 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Trench Mortar Battery
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of meningitis 29th Casualty Clearing Station.
FateDied of disease 5 January 1917
Age at death23.8
Place of burialAllonville Communal Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 38), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Lily DUNICLIFF, 192 Maitland Road, Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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