Robert BATES

BATES, Robert

Service Number: 491
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Kerang, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died post-discharge of tuberculosis, 1 July 1917, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria
Mon. L. 158
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World War 1 Service

10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 491, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 491, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 29 and the son of James and Mary Ann Bates of Eaglehawk.

He was accepted for commemoration as Great War dead on 21/07/2017