KNOX R.

Given Names:  Robert Brodie

Service Number:  2640

Unit:  6th Battalion, 8th reinforcements                                                                             

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  18 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Engineer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Edward Knox

, Trafalgar, Victoria                                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  26/8/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Anchises A68

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Nestor   

Embarked:  12/12/1918                             

Disembarked:  1/2/1919

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  17/5/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Awarded

British War Medal:  Awarded

Victory Medal:  17401

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  Colac, Victoria                             

Father:  Edward KNOX                            

Mother:  Robina Dewar BRODIE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1928     

Place:             

Spouse: Gladys Ivy REID

DEATH

Date or Year: 19/5/1963                          

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 10/8/1918; gun shot wound, chest

Suffered Trench Fever 31/1/1918

Debility 14/5/1918

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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