LITTLE, Robert Clark
| Service Number: | 4721 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 4 March 1978 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Meningo Myelitis following Cerebro Spinal Fever, Sidney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, England, United Kingdom, 15 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 2683, Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4721, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4721, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4721, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 15th March.... Private Robert Clark Little was born at Horsham, Victoria, Australia in 1878. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 26th February, 1916 as a 39 year old, married, Grocer from Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria.
Private Robert Clark Little embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 4th April, 1916 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Battalion, 12th Reinforcements.
[Note: There is no record in the Service Record file of Private Robert Clark Little of where & when he disembarked. The first entry on his Casualty Form – Active Service is dated 30th November, 1916]
Private Robert Clark Little was sent sick to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire from 6th Training Battalion, No. 5 Camp at Rollestone on 30th November, 1916 with Influenza. He was transferred from Fargo Military Hospital on 6th December, 1916 to Tidworth Military Hospital with Influenza – serious.
Private Robert Clark Little was admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, Wiltshire on 6th December, 1916 with Cerebro Spinal Meningitis – dangerous. The Medical Case Sheet recorded “Cerebro Spinal Fever followed by Paraplegia – Admitted Hospital 6.12.16 with cerebro spinal fever. Recovered under treatment. Developed incontinence of urine & bowel also cystitis. Bladder washed out twice a day. Urine drawn up every 6 hours. Lies sleepless in bed & can scarcely move.”
Private Robert Clark Little was sent sick to Fargo Hospital from 6th Training Battalion, Larkhill, Wiltshire on 28th February, 1917. (Note: According to the Hospital Admissions form in the Service Record file of Private Little – he was admitted to Military Hospital, Tidworth from 6th December, 1916 until 29th January, 1917 with Cerebro Spinal Fever. The Hospital Admissions form reported he had Paraplegia from 29th January, 1917 till 3rd March, 1917)
Private Robert Clark Little was discharged from Military Hospital at Tidworth, Wiltshire on 3rd March, 1917 to Depot. He was marched in to No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth on 4th March, 1917.
Private Robert Clark Little was sent sick to Sidney Hall Hospital at Weymouth, Dorset on 6th March, 1917. The Hospital Admissions form recorded “Patient was admitted with complete paralysis of arms & partial paralysis of lower limbs, also incontinence of bladder & rectum. Paralysis spread to ____ involving speech & pharynx.”
Private Robert Clark Little died at 3.40 am on 15th March, 1917 at Sidney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, England from Meningo Myelitis following Cerebro Spinal Fever. The Hospital Admissions form recorded “Patient died apparently from Respiratory failure.”
He was buried in Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England where 82 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
Private Robert Clark Little was entitled to British War Medal only as he had not entered a Theatre of War.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/h-l.html
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