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MOUNTFORD, Robert Herman
| Service Number: | 4825 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 April 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Croydon, South Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Croydon, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Striker |
| Died: | Accidental (struck by car), Adelaide, South Australia, 2 February 1950 |
| Cemetery: |
Hindmarsh Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Findon & Flinders Park RSL Honour Roll, Hindmarsh WW1 Roll of Honour Heroes of the Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4825, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 23 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4825, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4825, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 8 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4825, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Funeral Notices
The following funeral notices for Robert Herman Mountford were in the Advertiser for 3rd February 1950.
Funeral notice for the friends of Robert Herman Mountford
The following notices were for the organisations mentioned below:
Loyal Hindmarsh Lodge No. 9, I.O.O.F.M.U.
King Edward VII Lodge R.A.C. No. 16
King Edward VII Mark Lodge No. 15 S.A.C.
King Edward VII Lodge No. 61
R.A.O.B. G.L.E. SA Members of the Orders (Industrial Lodge No. 2)
South Australian Funeral Directors Association
The Hindmarsh Bowling Club
R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Hindmarsh Sub-Branch
R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Hilton Sub-Branch
R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Findon and Flinders Park Sub-Branch
The members of the above branches were invited to attend his funeral.
Submitted 18 September 2017 by Petra Chalmers
Postcard to his mother
Robert Herman Mountford was my great uncle, my grandmother Edith's brother. My mother Gladys passed down the postcard he sent to his mother Sarah Mountford, my great grandmother, during WW1. His father Thomas Mountford was listed as next of kin on his enlistment papers.
I have transcribed the postcard to print for easy reading.
His mother wrote on the postcard "arrived here on the 20th February 1918."
Bristol England December 18th 1917.
"My dear mother,
At present as you can see above I am in the city of Bristol. How I got here is quite romantic. I left camp four days past with the intention of proceeding to Cardiff in Wales and having to pass through Bristol. I stayed there one night, and liked it so well that I am here yet having a great time, but next time I start for Cardiff I will go around this joint. I am in the best of health hoping you are all the same. I will send a letter when I arrive back at camp. It will soon be Christmas time here and most likely over there too. We will not get any leave xmas time on account of overcrowding the trains which do not run as often as they did on account of the coal shortage. Well so long. With love to all I remain your loving son Robert."
Submitted 14 September 2017 by Petra Chalmers
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