MOFFAT, Robert Benjamin
| Service Number: | 940 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia, 4 January 1875 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Marine Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 28 July 1915, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 940, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 940, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 940, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 28 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 940, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son
MOFFATT, Pte. Mervyn Francis, 13810. Australian Army Medical Corps. Died of sickness 10th Oct., 1916. Age 19. Son of Benjamin and Maria Moffatt, of 58, Burlington St., Crow's Nest, Sydney, New South Wales. Cowley (St. Lawrence) Churchyard (Australian Section, Grave No. 8), Middlesex.
940 Private Richard Benjamin Moffatt, 2nd Battalion, AIF, enlisted very early in August 1914, and gave his age and occupation as 35 year old marine fireman, living at Newcastle. He left Australia as an original member of E Company, 2nd Battalion, took part in the Landing at Anzac Cove, and served at Gallipoli until he was eventually killed in action on the 28 July 1915.
He was originally buried in Brown’s Dip Cemetery, about 500 yards south of Anzac Cove and in 1923 was reinterred in the Lone Pine Cemetery due to flooding of the cemetery. He must have understated his age slightly as he was born in 1875, so he was 40 years of age when he died. He was the father of five children, aged between 5 and 18 years.
His eldest child, 13810 Private Mervyn Francis Moffatt, of the Australian Army Medical Corps AIF, enlisted at the age of 18, about 4 weeks after his father had been killed. Mervyn died from a cerebral haemorrhage whilst in England on the 10 October 1916, only six months after arriving. His widowed mother Maria Moffatt was living in Crow's Nest, Sydney at the time. Mervyn is buried in England, at the Cowley (St. Lawrence) Churchyard in Middlesex. His 4 younger siblings were awarded pensions.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Robert Benjamin MOFFAT was born in Queensland on 4th January, 1875
On some of his war records he is listed as Richard Benjamin
His parents were Francis John MOFFAT and Catherine Hinchcliffe LEWIS
He married Marie HARRISON in 1899 in NSW
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Queenslander 4th August, 1917 page 9
MOFFAT - Robert Benjamin, Private 940 End Battalion NSW Killed in Action 28th July, 1915
ROLL OF HONOUR
"He answered the call of his country, but the voice of the cable tells
That my gallant brother, in khaki clad, was killed at the Dardenelles
There came a day when the roll was called, but he did not answer here
He slept with comrades his last long sleep, and he died without a fear"
Inserted by his loving sister, brother in law & Newphews and nieces, Catherine & James Wall
Biography
"PRIVATE R. B. MOFFAT.
Private R.B. Moffat, who has been killed in action, was previously wounded in the neck and knee. The deceased, who enlisted with the 2nd Battalion, was 23 years of age, and a native of New South Wales. He was formerly a fireman on board the steamer, Canberra." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 24 Aug 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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