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ARBUTHNOT, Robert Roy
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3453 |
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Enlisted: | 31 August 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Killarney, Queensland, 16 January 1895 |
Home Town: | Killarney, Southern Downs, Queensland |
Schooling: | Mountain View State School, Spring Creek, Killarney, Queensland |
Occupation: | Bushman |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 29 July 1916, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Killarney War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
31 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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3 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3453, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
3 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3453, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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25 Battalion
Rank - Private
21 March 1916 - Embarked for overseas from Alexandria
27 March 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of James and Martha Arbuthnot of Killarney, Queensland. 2790A Pte Walter George Arbuthnot, 2nd Remount Unit, returned to Australia, 17 July 1919