Robert James VESPER

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Service Number:	3255
Enlisted:	9 October 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Tenterfield, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Monoline Operator
Died:	St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 7 April 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
Memorials:

9 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3255, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3255, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3255, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
18 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 54th Battalion
2 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, In France
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3255, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Gassed.
9 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3255, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Second occasion. Multiple wounds. Invalided to England on 15 August 1918
30 Apr 1921:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3255, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit as a result of wounding

Son of Lewis James Vesper and Isabella Vesper of Logan Street, Tenterfield, NSW formerly of Grafton, NSW,

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 1 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Robert married Violet Rose Ivory in Redfern, NSW