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Gunner Robert Barr Windlow
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Gunner Robert Barr Windlow Veteran

Birth
Footscray, Maribyrnong City, Victoria, Australia
Death
23 Jan 1917 (aged 24)
France
Monument
Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Add to Map
Plot
No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorial ID
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23 yrs 4 months old at enlistment 1915
Unit was 14th Field Artillery Brigade 54th Battery
Died of Wounds 23 January 1917 at Ginchy when shell hit gunpit.
Originally buried at Aid Post Cemetery
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Regimental number 1263
Religion Methodist
Occupation Painter
Address Glenhuntly Road, Glenhuntly, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin T J Windlow, Glenhuntly Road, Glenhuntly, Victoria
Enlistment date 12 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 29th Battalion, D Company
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 14th Field Artillery Brigade
Fate Killed in Action 23 January 1917
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Regiment/Service: Australian Field Artillery, 14th Bde.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
23 yrs 4 months old at enlistment 1915
Unit was 14th Field Artillery Brigade 54th Battery
Died of Wounds 23 January 1917 at Ginchy when shell hit gunpit.
Originally buried at Aid Post Cemetery
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Regimental number 1263
Religion Methodist
Occupation Painter
Address Glenhuntly Road, Glenhuntly, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin T J Windlow, Glenhuntly Road, Glenhuntly, Victoria
Enlistment date 12 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 29th Battalion, D Company
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 14th Field Artillery Brigade
Fate Killed in Action 23 January 1917
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Regiment/Service: Australian Field Artillery, 14th Bde.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

Gravesite Details

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