The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
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Carlile
- First Name:
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Robert James
- Nick Name:
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Bob
- Rank:
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Private
- Regimental #:
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WX8192
- Company:
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'C' Company, 10 Platoon
- Enlisted:
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16.08.1941
- DOB:
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25.12.1913
- Place of Birth:
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Meekatharra, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
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Edwin Joseph Carlile
- Mothers's Name:
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Ellen Kathleen Carlile (nee Carey)
- Religion:
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Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
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Barman
- Memorial:
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Kranji War Cemetery, Row B, Grave 11, Age 28.
- Cause of Death:
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Killed in Action
- Place of Death:
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Vicinity of Reformatory Road, Ulu Pandan
- Date of Death:
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11.02.1942
General Description
Bob Carlile was KIA on 11 Feb 1941 during the action at Ulu Pandan, Singapore aged 28 years.
When Bob enlisted 16 August 1940, he was working at Menzies. He joined 2/4th MGB’s ‘C’ Company 10 Platoon with Frank Halbart and Keith Sawyer from Menzies.
Robert’s parents Edwin Joseph Carlile and Ellen Kathleen Carey married in Perth in 1910 and he was born Meekathara 1913.
Bob was recorded living Kalgoorlie and working as a miner in Electoral Roll for 1937.
Robert married about 1941 to Edith Brenda Chandler.
He was enlisted from Menzies from where he was last working. Please read
She remarried in 1948.
