Robert James MANN

Robert James Mann Photo:
State Library of Queensland
Birthplace
Toowoomba
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Telephone Operator
Enlisted
15-November-1915
Place
Brisbane
Age
23
Status
Married
Service No
5618
Rank
Private
Unit
25th Battalion, 15th Reinforcements
Embarked
07-September-1916
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Died of wounds
Date
2-November-1917
Place
Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.

Brother-in-law of 4219 Private Thomas Savage (KIA).

 

Robert Mann arrived in England in November 1916 and spent five months at Rollestone Camp before embarking for France. In Belgium on 29 October 1917 he was wounded by mustard gas at Broodseinde Ridge and evacuated to the 10th Casualty Clearing Station where he died from gas poisoning three days later.