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HALLIDAY, Roderick McFarlane
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2622 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Perth Boys School, Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Buire, France, 6 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Killed by a sniper bullet and buried in a shell hole by his company but it was not possible to erect a cross , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Guildford War Memorial, Nar Nar Goon Commercial Bank of Australia Limited WW1 Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2622, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 10 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2622, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2622, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Stewart Halliday and Christine Halliday of 'Bungalor' North Road, West Guilford, WA; brother of David Stewart Halliday who died at Toowoomba, QLD having served with the 2nd Light Horse and at Gallipoli
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Alsoe served in the Cadets and with the Citizen Forces
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