OVEREND, Robert
| Service Number: | 1906 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1915, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland, , 1879 |
| Home Town: | Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban Row F, Grave 50 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1906, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 1906, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 1906, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 22 Jan 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Field Company Engineers, From 1st Field Company Engineers | |
| 6 Dec 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1906, 4th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1906 awm_unit: 4th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-12-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 40 and the husband of Ada Emma Overend, of 44, Upper Elmers End Rd., Beckenham, Kent.
He is remembered on the Innerleithen War Memorials. There is an external one and the stained Glass Windows in the church record the names of the fallen.
Innerleithen (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Leitheann) is a civil parish and a small town in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is also honoured in the book of remembrance for Tweeddale. [Roll of honour of Peebleshire men killed in the Great War, 1914-1918. With portraits.]
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Overend of Broomwell Cottage, Innerleithen, Scotland.
Served his carpentry apprenticeship with William Emford of Innerleithen, Scotland for four years.
At the time of enlistment his address People's Palace, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW. Father of George Overend and Winifred Ivy Overend
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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