Harry ROBERTS

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Service Number:	10463
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Long Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Store manager
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 15 May 1917
Cemetery:	Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt Plot III, Row A, Grave 6, Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt, Bullecourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 10463, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Melbourne, Vic.
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 10463, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 10463, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, France
27 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 10463, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Battle for Pozières
11 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 10463, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Mouquet Farm, SW to left shoulder. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 9 April 1917.
18 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, France
15 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 10463, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Bullecourt (Second)

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