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POWER, Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 9534 |
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Enlisted: | 19 January 1916 |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 11th Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, December 1874 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | State School, Blackwood, Victoria |
Occupation: | Prospector |
Died: | He Shell In Staff Camp, Pont Nieppe, near Armentieres, FranceFrance, 6 June 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Nieppe Communal Cemetery, France Plot II, Row A, Grave 6 , Nieppe Communal Cemetery, Nieppe, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 9534, 11th Field Company Engineers | |
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31 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 9534, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
31 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 9534, 11th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From the AIF Project
'His OC wrote of him - "His death was a great loss to us. He was one of the best and most skilful men in my section as well as being a most gallant gentleman."' (details from sister)