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Regimental number - 6381
Place of birth - Leeds, England
Religion - Church of England
Occupation - Printer's engineer
Address - 11 Mangie Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 29
Next of kin - Father, J Rhodes, 11 Mangie Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Enlistment date - 9 July 1915
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 2nd Field Ambulance, Reinforcement 13
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 26/45/2
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 6th Field Ambulance
Fate - Returned to Australia 28 March 1919
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records - Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Medals -
Military Medal
'On the 3rd October, 1918, near ESTREES, north of ST. QUENTIN, this soldier proceeded to a wounded companion through 150 yards of heavy shell fire, dressed his wound and helped him to shelter. Later in the day he was alone at a Motor Loading Post, devoid of cover, and though wounded himself, he remained with a severely wounded man under heavy shell fire for over an hour, and tended him until he could be rescued.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115
Date: 10 October 1919
War service: Western Front
Date of death10 June 1953

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Regimental number - 6381
Place of birth - Leeds, England
Religion - Church of England
Occupation - Printer's engineer
Address - 11 Mangie Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 29
Next of kin - Father, J Rhodes, 11 Mangie Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Enlistment date - 9 July 1915
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 2nd Field Ambulance, Reinforcement 13
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 26/45/2
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 6th Field Ambulance
Fate - Returned to Australia 28 March 1919
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records - Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Medals -
Military Medal
'On the 3rd October, 1918, near ESTREES, north of ST. QUENTIN, this soldier proceeded to a wounded companion through 150 yards of heavy shell fire, dressed his wound and helped him to shelter. Later in the day he was alone at a Motor Loading Post, devoid of cover, and though wounded himself, he remained with a severely wounded man under heavy shell fire for over an hour, and tended him until he could be rescued.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115
Date: 10 October 1919
War service: Western Front
Date of death10 June 1953

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World War Two Service:
Veteran Details
Name - GILL, ROBERT HARVEY
Service - Australian Army
Service Number - QX10305
Date of Birth - 28 May 1917
Place of Birth - TOOWOOMBA, QLD
Date of Enlistment - 28 Jun 1940
Locality on Enlistment - GOWRIE JUNCTION, QLD
Place of Enlistment - TOOWOOMBA, QLD
Next of Kin - GILL, ROBERT
Date of Discharge - 22 Jan 1946
Rank - Private
Posting at Discharge - 2/26 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION
Prisoner of War - Yes

Written on reverse:
A Queensland member of the 8th Division released from the Changi Prisoner-of-War camp at Singapore suffering from beriberi. Dozens of prisoners were afflicted with this complaint.
AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTO

This newspaper account of the release of the 8th Division POWs is worth reading:
"Australian rescue teams in Japan and Singapore have begun the great task of locating and evacuating remnants of the 8th Division of the A.I.F. who were taken prisoner in Malaya in 1942.
When Allied troops occupied Singapore on Wednesday they found 5500 members of the 8th Division on the island. Officers said most of the men were in poor physical condition."
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/99182291

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