DEWAR, Robert Arthur
| Service Number: | 3047 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1915, Moore Park, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Poplar, London, England, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | George Green's School, London, England |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot II. Row F. Grave 7. Inscription: NEVER FORGOTTEN IN GOD'S KEEPING FOREVER |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3047, Depot Battalion , Moore Park, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3047, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3047, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3047, 55th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian" | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3047, 55th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3047, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3047, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Robert Arthur DEWAR, (Service Number 3047) was born in London in 1886. He joined the Tramways in Sydney as a conductor in August 1914. In August 1915 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF in Sydney.
Submitted 13 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Robert Arthur DEWAR (Service Number 3047) was born in London in 1886. He joined the Tramways in Sydney as a conductor in August 1914. In August 1915 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF in Sydney.
He left Sydney in December 1915. He went to France via Egypt and landed there with his battalion in June 1916. He was reported missing in action on 20th July and was thought to be a prisoner of war in Germany. However, this was an error and was later amended to ‘killed in action’. This was confirmed from German sources after the war and it was noted that he fell somewhere near Fromelles.
He is now buried in Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, a cemetery newly completed in 2010 by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. His body was one of those recovered from mass graves behind nearby Pheasant Wood, where he had been buried by the Germans following the Battle of Fromelles.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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