Robert (Bobby ) AIRD

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Service Number:	193
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 April 1884
Home Town:	Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bridge Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Childers Isis North State School Great War Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Maryborough Albert State School War Memorial, Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial, Nambour Rosemount State School Honour Board

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 193, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 193, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served with the Naval Cadets for a few months before leaving the area

Son of Thomas MacCon Aird, Nambour, Queensland