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BAMFORD, Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5984 |
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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 |
Service History
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: '' | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Jarvis and Jane BAMFORD, of 9 Ashfield Terrace, Appley Bridge, Wigan, England. Born at Coppull, England.