LISTON, Robert Bruce
| Service Number: | 5711 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Queen's College, Melbourne High School, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough War Memorial, Parkville Old State College Memorial Windows, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5711, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5711, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5711, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 9 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 46th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 5711, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5711 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5711, 46th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James and Jane LISTON of Napier Street, Maryborough, Vic.
His degree of B.Sc. was conferred after his death
A noble young life and a brilliant career were cut short when Lance-Corporal Robert. Bruce Liston was killed in action on April 11. The cable announcing his death was received on Saturday, by the Rev. C. J. T. Martin, who had the painful duty of breaking the news to the soldier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Liston, of Napier street. The gallant young man, who was twenty-four years of age, was educated at Queen's College, Maryborough, from whence, on matriculating, he went to Melbourne High School, where he won a student-ship, entitling him to two years at the Melbourne University. From here he responded to the call of honor, and enlisted in the service of his country. Four months had elapsed without his parents receiving a letter from their son, and Mr. Liston first cabled to the boy, asking if all were well. Receiving no reply he cabled the military authorities, and it was in reply to this that the sad tidings were received.
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
5711 Private (later Lance Corporal) Robert Bruce Liston, 8th (later 46th) Battalion of Maryborough, Victoria was a teacher prior to enlisting, and he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ayrshire (A33) on 3 July 1916.
On 11 April 1917, during an attack on the Hindenburg Line, he was killed in action near Bullecourt, France, aged 24.
He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.
Source: AWM
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"Robert Bruce Liston, son of Mrs. Jean Liston, of Napier-street, Maryborough, was killed in action on the 11th of April, 1917.
He was born on the 4th of April, 1893. He attended Queen's College, Maryborough, whence he passed the Junior Public examination and matriculated. He was a pupil at the Melbourne High School in 1909-10-11, and, having gained a studentship, entered the Teachers' College in 1912. For brief periods in 1914 and 1915, he taught at the Wangaratta High School and the Maryborough High School, returning after each experience to the College.
At the time of enlistment, he had passed the third year of the science course and the second year for Diploma of Education, and was recorded as one of the most brilliant and successful young students the College had known. He was an exhibitioner in geology, and was engaged in scientific research work at the time of his enlistment.
He enlisted on the 10th of July, 1915, and embarked with the 18th Reinforcements to the 8th Battalion on the transport Ayrshire on the 3rd of July, 1916. After training in England, he proceeded to France and joined the 46th Battalion on the 20th of October. He was appointed Lance-Corporal on the 9th of March, 1917, and was killed about two months later."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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