Lieutenant Robert Otto Boese

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Photograph P05182.096
Ranks Held Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date 18/12/1894
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Death Date 11/04/1973
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Final Rank Lieutenant
Unit 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion
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Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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    "An Italian Fiat captured in the Western Desert and brought back. Photo shows it at Amiriya, ...

    "This will be the QM [Quartermaster] store. Amariya, Egypt." Image from a large album of 86 pages ...

    "Orderly room, 2/1 CCS. Amariya, Egypt." Image from a large album of 86 pages containing 1858 ...

    "First operation performed by 2/1 CCS in Western Desert, Amariya; Maj N B White [VX296 Newport ...

    "Carrying the patient out after the operation still under anaesthetic Maj White [VX296 Newport ...

    "The ward that filled with water." Image from a large album of 86 pages containing 1858 ...

    "Getting ready our first meal in desert. Amiriya, November 1940." Image from a large album of 86 ...

    "Port Said." Street scene, note photographic stores. Image from a large album of 86 pages ...

    "WO R O Boese, S/Sgt Parry and Capt Raine, at Deir Suneid. Arab women disliked having their ...

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Date of birth 18/12/1894
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 1 May 1915 Enlisted 2nd Battalion AIF
Date of discharge 24 November 1915 Discharged on grounds of alien parentage
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 26 June 1916
Date of enlistment 26/06/1916
Date of embarkation 10/02/1917
Date of embarkation 18 February 1917
Date of discharge 5 October 1919
Date returned to Australia 06/07/1919
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 27 December 1939 2/1 Casualty Clearing Station
Date of death 11/04/1973

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