Robert Thomas HEARD

HEARD, Robert Thomas

Service Number: 5105
Enlisted: 24 January 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
Born: Mandurang, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling: Mandurang State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 March 1918
Cemetery: La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

24 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5105, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
1 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 5105, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 5105, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
24 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
22 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, France
8 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5105, 57th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
21 Mar 1918: Involvement Private, 5105, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5105 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-21

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of Robert and Mary HEARD

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

5105 Private (Pte) Robert Thomas Heard from Bendigo, Victoria was a 26 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 24 January 1916. He served on the Western Front with the 59th and the 57th Battalions and was killed in action on 21 March 1918 near Messines, Belgium. Pte Heard is buried in the La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Source: AWM

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Brother, Wallace Heard 1525, 23rd Btn, was killed in Action on 22nd March, 1918.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

HEARD. — Officially reported killed in action, March 24, 1918, No. 5105 Private Robert Thomas Heard, of 57th Battalion, somewhere in France: dearly beloved son of Robert and late Marv Ann Heard Mandurang. Aged 28 years. "Deeply mourned and sadly missed."
—Inserted by his sorrowing sisters and brothers.