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 of enlistment 26/06/1916
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 26 June 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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