Robert Watmaugh WISHART

WISHART, Robert Watmaugh

    Service Number: 501
    Enlisted: 17 September 1914, Kerang, Vic.
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Kerang, Victoria, Australia, 19 September 1895
    Home Town: Macorna, Gannawarra, Victoria
    Schooling: Inverleigh State School & Doroq State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farm Labourer
    Died: 21 October 1988, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 501, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Kerang, Vic.
    11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 501, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
    11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 501, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
    16 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 501, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Embarked for Gallipoli
    27 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 501, 9th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Hill 60
    23 Dec 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 501, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Magdhaba, GSW to right thigh. Evacuated to Egypt. Rejoined unit 12 February 1917.
    27 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 501, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Battles of Gaza , 1st and 2nd Gaza
    29 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Palestine
    30 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 501, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Es Salt Raid
    19 Aug 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Palestine
    19 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 501, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Megiddo - Syria 1918
    13 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 501, 9th Light Horse Regiment, RTA 25 September 1919 and discharged (TPE).

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