MUIR, Robert
| Service Number: | 876 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 12 January 1884 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, 13 November 1975, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 876, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 8 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 876, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 876, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 12/1/1884 Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Father John Muir (a Carrier d. 1918) & Mary Muir, lived at Kirkyetholm, Scotland.
Sister: Mrs James Davidson, living at Kirkyetholm, Scotland
28/6/1907 Left London for Australia
15/8/1907 disembarked into Brisbane, Queensland
He then went to work in the canefields in North Queensland.
On enlisting Robert was 28 years 11 months old, single, 5' 4" tall;
brown eyes; fair hair; brown complexion; Presbyterian
18/12/1914 enlisted in Ayr, Queensland
23/3/1915 appointed to 4th reinforcements o f2nd regiment
8/4/1915 embarked from Brisbane, QLD, onboard HMAT Star of England A15
as a Private in 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 4th reinforcements
22/5/1915 joined 2nd Light Horse Regiment
1/8/1915 embarked to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces, Alexandria, Egypt
10/9/1915 to hospital, Gallipoli, ANZAC
26/9/1915 transferred to 16th Stationary Hospital at Mudros
27/10/1915 admitted to General Hospital, Bristol, UK
16/2/1916 returned to regiment at Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces
19/2/1916 retaken on strength at Turk-el-Kheil
26/6/1916 to 31st General hospital - Romani, Egypt
29/7/1916 discharged to duty, Port Said, Egypt
for 1 months furlo in UK
He met Annie Ford, in London when he was on leave after falling ill at Gallipoli.
3/11/1917 promoted to Lance Corporal with 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Beesheba
20/4/1918 sick to hospital - Egyptian Expeditionary Forces
21/4/1918 admitted to 65th Casualty Clearing Station
23/5/1918 joined Yeom Base, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment
Rest Camp in Moascar
20/6/1918 taken on strength back to 2nd Light Horse Regiment, in the field
21/9/1918 sick with Malaria - admitted 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said
17/11/1918 rejoined unit in the field at Moascar
4/1/1919 fractured right ulna, admitted to 78th General Hospital
24/1/1919 dishcarged to duty
8/2/1919 rejoined unit in the field
16/2/1919 sick with Rubella - Jerusaleum
2/3/1919 rejoined regiment in Moascar
28/3/1919 embarked Port Said onboard Malwa, for England
for 1 months leave
12/4/1919 - 12/5/1919 granted leave
They only met the once and then corresponded for the rest of the war, meeting
again after the war finished when he travelled to London from Egypt.
6/5/1919 Married Annie Ford in The Parish Church, Yetholm, Roxburgh, Scotland
(35yrs, was a Domestic Servant in Ewell, Surrey)
10/6/1919 marched out to return to Australia
28/6/1919 Returned together onboard Windhuk
21/8/1919 disembarked into NSW (disch Qld)
22/9/1919 discharged from service
Medals: 1914/1915 Star (9316); British War medal (3244) and
Victory War medal (3181)
Robert and Annie had 2 children, 1 girl (b 1921) who died soon after birth
and Robert Muir (Jnr - b 11/11/1922).
Applied for assistance under the War Services Homes Act in 1925 NSW
13/11/1975 passed away in Sydney, NSW
He donated his body to the Sydney University.
2/5/1980 Annie passed away in Sydney and her ashes were scattered
in her garden in Dee Why.
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 15/9/2016. Lest we forget.
Thank you to grand-daughter Sue for her information.