| Service Number: | 103 |
|---|---|
| Rank: | Private |
| Age: | 24 |
| Religion: | C of E |
| Marriage status: | Single |
| Calling/trade: | Grocer |
| Address: |
702 Howard-street Ballarat Victoria Australia |
| Date joined: | 18/08/14 |
| *A.M.F. Unit: | |
| Regiment: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation |
|
| Date: | 19/10/14 |
| From: | Melbourne |
| On number: | A24 |
| Name: | Benalla |
| Nominal Roll No: | 23/25/1 |
| Division | A Company |
Next of Kin |
|
| Name: | Robert Lawless |
| Relationship: | |
| Address: |
Florist Victoria Australia |
| Before Embarkation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rate per Diem | Date to which paid | ||
| S | D | S | D |
| 5 | 0 | 21/10/14 | |
| After Embarkation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily rate, excluding Deferred pay | Allotment in Australia per Diem | Not Rate, not including Allowances or Deferred pay | |||
| S | D | S | D | S | D |
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Daily Rate of Deferred Pay, only Inssuable on Completion of Service with Expeditionary Force | |
|---|---|
| S | D |
| 1 | 0 |
Martin Croker shares the story of his great uncle, Bob Lawless. As children, every holiday was spent at my Grandma’s place at Koroit, in the Western Districts of Victoria. Throughout the 1960s and most of the 70s happy family Christmases and long, hot summer days were spent in and around the old wooden cottage set [...]
