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BATES, Ronald

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Service Number:	34692
Enlisted:	5 May 1915, Killed in action 12/08/1918 on the Western Front France
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1894
Home Town:	Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Superior Public School, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Harbonnieres, France, 12 August 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Grave I.D. 19. INSCRIPTION UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY , Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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Step 2: Service History

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5 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 34692, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Killed in action 12/08/1918 on the Western Front France
21 Jun 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 34692, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 34692, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
12 Aug 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 34692, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 34692 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-08-12

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Born Rupert Ronald William Henry Bates.

 Enlisted in the AIF 4/05/1915

He was 24 and the son of George and Sarah Bates, of Cockatoo Island, New South Wales.

 

Born Rupert Ronald William Henry Bates.

 Enlisted in the AIF 4/05/1915

He was 24 and the son of George and Sarah Bates, of Cockatoo Island, New South Wales.

 

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