Robert BAMFORD

BAMFORD, Robert

Service Number: 5984
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
Born: Coppull, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Guyra, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of wounds, France, 5 May 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt
Plot II, Row B, Grave 12 Headstone Inscription "HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN CAN DIE FIGHTING FOR GOD AND RIGHT AND LIBERTY AND THAT IS IMMORTALITY", Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt, Bullecourt, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 5984, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 5984, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
5 May 1917: Involvement Private, 5984, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5984 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-05

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Jarvis and Jane BAMFORD, of 9 Ashfield Terrace, Appley Bridge, Wigan, England. Born at Coppull, England.