ANNEAR, Robert Loton
Service Number: | 2065 |
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Enlisted: | 23 November 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Hamley Bridge, South Australia, 25 May 1886 |
Home Town: | Broome, Broome, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Watervale Grammar School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Pearler |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 December 1915, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial, Row B, Grave 47 Chaplain T.F. Tyler officiated Headstone inscription reads; Until the morning breaks, 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broome Roads Board WWI Roll of Honour, Broome War Memorial (New) |
World War 1 Service
23 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA | |
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26 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
26 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2065, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
28 Jan 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Awarded and promulgated in the London Gazette, Supplement, No. 29455 on 28 January 1916; Commonwealth Gazette No. 44 on 6 April 1916. |
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Son of Robert Samuel Annear and Mary Euphemia (Effie) Annear nee Mills of Carnamah, Midland Railway, WA. Brother of William Murray Annear, Jessie Jean Annear and Kenneth Charles Annear
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He was a member of the South Australian Defence Rifle Club, the Broome Rifle Club and Wirelss Guard, WA