Coming Soon.
MAWSON, Robert Milner
Personal Details
Service Number: | 333 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 21 March 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Albany, Western Australia , 1895 |
Home Town: | Albany, Albany, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Engine Cleaner (Locomotive) |
Died: | 18 June 1975, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 333, 4th Machine Gun Company, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
---|---|---|
7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 333, 4th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
7 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 333, 4th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
28 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Company, France | |
20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 333, 1st Machine Gun Company, Menin Road | |
31 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Menin Road, East of YPRES on the night of 19/20th September, 1917, this Signaller was running a line to Battery positions. He laid this line under heavy shell fire, and later when the wires were cut he went through the barrage three times to re-establish communications until ordered to stop by an Oficer. | |
1 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , France | |
14 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 333, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
9 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 333, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , "The Last Hundred Days" | |
13 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 333, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , RTA 31 March 1919 and discharged as MU. |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Robert Milner Mawson's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my story