Robert Alfred CASSIDY

Robert Alfred CASSIDY Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	1139
Enlisted:	29 September 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Peters, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Superior Public School, Leichhardt
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 9 April 1917
Cemetery:	Hermies Hill British Cemetery Plot I, Row H, Grave 35
Memorials:

29 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1139, 1st Infantry Battalion
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1139, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1139, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
7 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
14 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Infantry Battalion
25 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion
9 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion

Help us honour Robert Alfred Cassidy's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Robert was born as Alfred Robert CASSIDY in St Peters, Sydney in 1893

His parents were Thomas Francis CASSIDY & Sarah Jane ANDERSON who married in Sydney in 1892