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HERON, Robert John
| Service Number: | 4491 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1915, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wilmington, South Australia, Australia, 29 July 1883 |
| Home Town: | Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer / Billiard Proprietor |
| Died: | Thyne Memorial Hospital, Millicent, South Australia, Australia, 28 February 1950, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Millicent Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Wilmington District WW1 Honour Boards |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4491, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4491, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4491, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 4491, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John HERON and Sarah Ann HERON nee SAUNDERS, Wilmington, South Australia
Husband of Ina Beatrice HERON nee VARCOE
The late Mr Robert John Heron, who died at the Thyne Memorial hospital, Millicent, on February 28, was born at Wilmington in July, 1883. He was one of the nine children of the late Mr and Mrs John Heron, and five sisters and two brothers are living. He enlisted for active service in February, 1915, and was wounded in France in 1916. Invalided home, he was appointed recruiting organiser for the South East, with headquarters at Naracoorte, remaining there until his discharge when the first world war ended in 1918. Prior to the war, Mr Heron had filled executive positions with leading timber firms at Port Adelaide, and he received an appointment as one of the first managers at the original sawmill at Mount Burr. He held several responsible positions with the woods and forests department in the South East, and at one period he was in charge of part of the investigations into the wood pulp industry. Later he was appointed superintendent of the youth forestry camp at Mount Burr. Subsequently he was in the employ of Cellulose Australia Limited. In his earlier years Mr Heron was a tennis enthusiast, and was chosen for interstate play. He was an active member of the Millicent sub-branch of the returned soldiers' league. He married Miss Ina Varcoe, a daughter of Mr and Mrs John Varcoe, of Millicent, and leaves a widow and a family of three children—Betty (Mrs R. Anderson, Naracoorte), Pat (Mrs E. Croser, Millicent), and John (Education department, Adelaide).