Robert Reeves HALAHAN

HALAHAN, Robert Reeves

Service Number: 126
Enlisted: 18 September 1914, Enlisted at Swan Hill, Victoria
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Edenhope, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Edenhope, West Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Surveyor Chainman
Died: Died of wounds - septic poisoning result of compound fracture of the tibia, 1st General Hospital, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 3 July 1915
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Row B, Grave 315, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Edenhope War Memorial, Kowree Shire Honour Roll, Swan Hill War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 126, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Swan Hill, Victoria
25 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 126, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 126, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
22 Jun 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 126, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Shell wound to the right leg and transferred to Alexandira on HS Gascon on 23 June 1915 to 1 General Hospital, Helipolis where he died of septic poisoning
3 Jul 1915: Involvement Trooper, 126, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 126 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-07-03

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Residential address at the time of enlistment was Edenhope, Victoria.

Son of Samuel Handy Halahan and Mary Sarah Sophia Halahan nee Collins of Lameroo, SA. Brother of Chris Halahan, Elizabeth Catherine Dobbin Halahan, Guy Neville Halahan and Samuel Handy Halahan

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal