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Personal data

• Name MITCHELL
• Initials RGM
• First name ROBERT GORDON MELVI
• Place of birth Calcutta
• Country West Bengal, India
• Family Son of Robert William Span Mitchell and Rosalie Marianne Mitchell; his sister Elsie died on sea, when the ship Persia was torpedoed 18 December 1915;
• Education Brighton College, law studies
• Extra info Husband of Marion Mitchell (nee Mason), of Gravel Hill, Ulverstone, Tasmania; one daughter, Rosalie;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania on 14 September 1915; to France December 1915
• Service number 4383
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 15th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 4th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 4th Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarkation in Melbourne on 29 December 1915; to France on 8 June 1916

Death

• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds on both legs, thigh, throat, hand at n°10 CCS
• Date of death 10 October 1916
• Died at the age of 41
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery X - B - 26A

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