Robert ARBUCKLE

ARBUCKLE, Robert

Service Number: 20059
Enlisted: 6 November 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 10th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Bairnsdale, Victoria, October 1887
Home Town: Nicholson, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Memorials: Nicholson District Honor Roll, Nicholson School No 1716 Great War Cabinet
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World War 1 Service

6 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 20059, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Melbourne, Victoria
20 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 20059, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 20059, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne
9 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 10th Field Artillery Brigade
31 Jul 1917: Wounded Third Ypres, Gas
30 Sep 1917: Wounded Polygon Wood, 2nd occasion - shell wound (forehead)
5 Apr 1918: Wounded German Spring Offensive 1918, 3rd occasion - GSW (left forearm)
4 Jan 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 20059, 10th Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Thrice wounded in Belgium and France. Gassed - shell wound to forehead - gun shot wound to forearm

20059 Gunner Robert “Bert” Arbuckle, 110th Howitzer Battery, 10th Brigade, 4th Division - fought in fifteen major engagements in France and Belgium, wounded twice, gassed, wounded again but survived to be invalided home January 1919. Bert never married and his farm, neighbouring the McFarlane property mentioned below, passed to his sister Elizabeth “Elsie” McFarlane/Macfarlane (not related to his neighbour) in Sale. He is the only WW1 serviceman in Bumberrah Cemetery with the Rising Sun insignia on his grave.

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