WAY, Robert George
| Service Numbers: | 386, 386A |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 21st Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 26 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 27 September 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot XLIII Row B Grave 9. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, St Mark's HR Islington |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 386, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 386, 14th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 386, 14th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 30 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Machine Gun Company | |
| 4 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 386A, 21st Machine Gun Company , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 386A awm_unit: 21st Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
106 years ago today, on the 27th September 1917, Corporal Robert George Way, 21st Australian Machine Gun Company (Reg No-386A), clerk from 157 Beaumont Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, father of one ((Melva Joyce, born 21.10.1915, Hamilton, N.S.W., married 1942, Newcastle, N.S.W. to William Banfield Tennant, died?), was Killed in Action by a gas shell during the Passchendaele Campaign, Battle of Polygon Wood, Belgium, age 22 years 11 months.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 26th November 1894 to George Henry (died 1.8.1929, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 68) of 45 Cleary Street, Hamilton, N.S.W. and Ada Way nee Willis (died 12.8.1959, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 88) of 45 Cleary Street, Hamilton, New South Wales; husband of Florence Way nee Curley (married 9.1.1915, Wickham, N.S.W., remarried? died?) of 10 May Street, Islington, New South Wales, Bob enlisted on the 22nd April 1916 with the 14th Australian Machine Gun Company at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on the 19th September 1916.
Bob is resting at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. Plot XLIII Row B Grave 9.
Many thanks to Eddy Lin for the headstone photo.
Place of Association - Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Way’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Islington St. Mark's Anglican Church Roll of Honour and the Book of Gold. Name not inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour.
There is no memorial inscription on the headstone plaque for the Way family to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Bob’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 2-113. 9.
Older brother Charles Henry (born 15.12.1892, West Maitland, New South Wales, railway porter from 39 Lawson Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and 3 Baird Street, Hamilton North, N.S.W., enlisted 26.8.1914, an Original Anzac, 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade, Reg No-253, wounded in action 9.5.1915 (GSW left back & stomach), RTA 20.4.1918, died 29.6.1937, age 44) resting at the cemetery. ANGLICAN 2-145. 20.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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