STALEY, Robert Percival
1894 - 1918 (23 years)
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Name STALEY, Robert Percival Birth 18 Oct 1894 Maryborough, Victoria, Australia 
[1] Gender Male Death 15 Apr 1918 Ypres, France [2] Burial France Person ID I202 Staleys Last Modified 16 Aug 2011
Father STALEY, Thomas, b. 18 Dec 1854, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia d. 19 Mar 1925, Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia (Age 70 years) Mother TATTERSON, Mary, b. 1858, Richmond, Victoria, Australia d. 13 May 1939, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 81 years) Marriage 28 Feb 1880 Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia [3] Family ID F94 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 18 Oct 1894 - Maryborough, Victoria, Australia 
Death - 15 Apr 1918 - Ypres, France 
Burial - - France = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Robert Percival Staley
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Notes - Robert was the youngest of Thomas and Mary Staley's seven children, he enlisted in the AIF during World War 1, at the time he was living with his parents in Malmsbury, Vic . He was a Private in the 7th Battalion and enlisted on 10 July 1915 stitill three months from his 21st birthday. He embarked from Melbourne as part of the 13th Reinforcements aboard HMAT A64 "Demosthenes" on 29 December 1915, at the time his pay was five shillings (50c) per day. Robert was killed in battle at Ypres, there is a memorial headstone to him at Villers-Bretonneux, France and his name is on the Memorial to the WW1 Fallen at Kyneton, Victoria.
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