Robert Roy ARBUTHNOT

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Service Number:	3453
Enlisted:	31 August 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Killarney, Queensland, 16 January 1895
Home Town:	Killarney, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Mountain View State School, Spring Creek, Killarney, Queensland
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 29 July 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Killarney War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

31 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Toowoomba, Queensland
3 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3453, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3453, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane

25 Battalion

Rank - Private

21 March 1916 - Embarked for overseas from Alexandria

27 March 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of James and Martha Arbuthnot of Killarney, Queensland. 2790A Pte Walter George Arbuthnot, 2nd Remount Unit, returned to Australia, 17 July 1919

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