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Second Lieutenant ROBERT HARRY MERVYN ELTIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

6th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

XX. B. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Robert C. Eltis of Hunter St., Chewton, Victoria, Australia, and the late Emily Jane Eltis. Born at Albert Park, Melbourne Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription OUR ONLY SON GOOD AND TRUE
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2144
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