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Personal data

• Name MELVILLE
• Initials RJG
• First name ROBERT JAMES GORDON
• Place of birth Five Dock (Sydney)
• Country New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
• Family Son of Andrew Gordon and Giacomina Callarina Melville, of "Glenrock," 14, Glen St., Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales
• Profession Law clerk

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 21 May 1915
• Rank Second Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 4th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 1st Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 3 February 1916, Sydney; March 1916 to France; 22 September 1916 accidentally wounded

Death

• Wounded 22 September 1916; wounded accidentally by exploding of a rifle grenade during bombing practice.
  
• Type of wounds Died of accidental injuries (wound skull, fracture) at 10 th CCS
• Date of death 27 September 1916
• Died at the age of 22
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX - B - 11

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