INWOOD, Robert Minney
| Service Number: | 1533 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Renmark, South Australia, 2 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Broken Hill Middle School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 24 July 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1533, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Corporal, 1533, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1533, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 7 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1533, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 24 Jul 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1533, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1533 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jusiah Principe
Corporal Robert Minney Inwood was born on the 2nd of April 1896 in Renmark South Australia. He used to work as a labourer in South Australia where he went to Broken Hill Central School. He was the younger brother Reginald Roy Inwood, who was born in Melbourne Victoria. He was christened at the church of England
Robert Inwood (service number was 1153) enlisted when he was 18 on the 9th of December 1914 in the Oakland’s in South Australia for the First World War. Then on the 9th of February 1915 he embarked on the HMAT Runic A54 as a corporal in the 10th Battalion in Melbourne. He was promoted to sergeant in the 10th Battalion.
After Robert Inwood had finished in Gallipoli he went to France. On the 24th of July 1916 he was killed in action at the age of 20. Robert earned a 14/15 Star, a British War Medal and a Victory Medal all in between 1914 and 1916. The three medals that Robert got are in Victoria today with his great great grandchildren.
Biography
Son of Edward Henry INWOOD and Mary Anna nee MINNEY
Younger brother of 506 Sgt. Reginald Roy Inwood (VC) (/explore/people/44803) and elder brother of 320 Pte. Harold Ray Inwood (/explore/people/285393)
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