MAYMAN, Robert
| Service Numbers: | 547, V361018 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Train |
| Born: | TIMOR, VIC, 24 October 1883 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 September 1966, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Clunes Soldiers Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 547, 1st Divisional Train | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 547, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 547, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 547, 1st Divisional Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 547, 1st Divisional Train, Battle for Pozières | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 547, 1st Divisional Train, Third Ypres | |
| 15 Apr 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 547, 1st Divisional Train, per A74 | |
| 18 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 547, 1st Divisional Train | |
| 27 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 547, 1st Divisional Train, RTA 15 April 1918 and discharged as MU (debility). |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), V361018, Private; 20 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps | |
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| 9 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V361018 | |
| 7 Aug 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), V361018, Private; 20 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Robert was the sixth of seven children of David Mayman (b1844 in Lancashire, England) and Jane Quilty (b1848 in Galway, Ireland). David was twelve years of age in 1857 when he arrived with his family in Melbourne on board the Herald of the Morning. Jane was eighteen years of age when she arrived in Melbourne on board the Palm Tree, and had listed her occupation as Labourer. David and Jane married in 1869 in Dunolly, Victoria and reaised their family in the Timor region before moving to Melbourne in the mid 1880s and then to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. David was a Miner.
Robert worked as a Miner in Kalgoorlei WA before enlisting in the AIF in Sydney NSW in August 1914. He served as a Driver (Service No:547) with 1st Division Training in Gallipoli and France and was Discharged in July 1918. Brother David (Private; Service No:2725) also served in WWI.
Robert worked briefly as a Miner in Ballarat, Victoria and in 1920 married Elizabeth Christina Fraser (b1900 at Mitta Mitta, Victoria). They settled at Clunes where Robert was a Farmer before ill health forced him to move in to Ballarat in the mid 1930s and he worked intermittently as a Labourer.
In 1942 Robert enlisted in the ACMF and was a Private (Service No:V361018) attached to 20 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps when he was Discharged in August 1944. Robert and Elizabeth moved to Melbourne, where Robert died in 1966. Elizabeth died in 1977.
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Robert Mayman, aged almost 32, enlisted in the AIF in Kensington, NSW on 2 September 1914. He embarked overseas on 18 October 1914 and arrived in Egypt about six weeks later.
He embarked for Gallipoli on 5 April 1915 and landed on 26 April, where he organised supplies for the firing line, mainly by mule. He became ill and returned to Egypt in mid-September 1915.
He left Egypt on 25 March 1916 and arrived in Marseilles, France on 1 April, where he saw action around Pozieres in July 1916. He was then attached to the 4th Australian Army Service Corps for three months between 21 August and 23 November 1916.
He saw further action during the Battle of Third Ypres in Belgium during September and October 1917 and was on leave in England in early January 1918 when he again became ill.
He never re-joined his unit in France and embarked for Australia on 15 April 1918.
He arrived in Sydney on 12 June, where he was medically discharged from the AIF on 27 July 1918.
Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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