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, 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 |
| 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
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