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CORMACK, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 49, 49A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Huntly Aberdeenshire Scotland, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Gordon Public Schools, Huntly, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Mason |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 49, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 49, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 49A, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 49A awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-01 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
1891 Census 202 Huntly 13 East Park St; William & Jessie
Father's Occupation: Builder Mason.
Enlisted at Adelaide, VIC
Killed in Action-Age 26
NoK J Cormack, Brother, 6 King St; Huntly.
He is one of five former pupils of the Gordon Schools in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland who are remembered on the school war Memorial.
Huntly (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Bhalgaidh or Hunndaidh) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie.
Huntly has a primary school (Gordon Primary) and a secondary school (The Gordon Schools) beside Huntly Castle.
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