VON STIEGLITZ, Robert Oscar
| Service Number: | 5701 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1916, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland,Australia, 16 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Rangeville State School, Queensland,Australia |
| Occupation: | Jackaroo |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 26 March 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Winton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5701, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 26 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 26th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line |
Robert Oscar on Rangeville Honour Board
The Brisbane Courier, Monday 9 April 1917 page 9
HONOUR BOARDS. TOOWOOMBA. April 8.
At the Rangeville School Garden Fete yesterday afternoon Mr. R. H. Roe, M. A. (Inspector General of Schools) unveiled an honour board which bore the names of a number of former pupils of the school. During this period of the Empire's crisis he said sacrifices had to be made by all. "Our duty," Mr. Roe added, is to bear cheerfully and willingly any burdens which the State or the Federal Government may feel are necessary for the prosecution of the war and for the achievement of victory. At this time public men of all parties should put aside paltry and petty political principles and throw themselves whole heartedly into the one great cause of saving the Empire and preserving on earth the principles of freedom, of righteousness against a tyrannical and brutal oppressor. When the board had been unveiled two of the Rangeville scout buglers played the "Last Post" and two hymns of intercession were sung followed by the National Anthem.
The names on the board are --Gunner W. H. Ebert (killed in action), Pte. William Gillis (killed in action), Thomas, James, and William Rielly (three brothers), Bugler G. Gillis, Pte. F. W. Zirbel, Pte. T. C. Brown, Pte. W. Skerman, Pte. G. Leichney, Sgt. Leslie Boyce, Pte. W. A. Walker, Pte. King Brothers (the first boy to enlist from the school), Pte. O. Flaherty, Trooper W. O. Scott, Pte. T. Connors, Pte. T. Hatton, Sgt. Andrew Scott, Pte. T. Curtis, Pte. R. O. von Steiglitz, (Robert Oscar von Stieglitz). Pte. J. D. Cruickshank, Pte. T. A . Holmes, (killed in action), Pte. H. J. Brown, Pte. H. Pope, Pte. C Hinton, Pte. G. Martin, Pte. R. Cubbin, Pte. A. Walker, Pte. John Pope. Pte. G. Scott, Pte P.A. G. Minz and Pte Hoskin.
Robert Oscar von Stieglitz and my husband's grandfather, Francis Lewis Altmore Thomson (born von Stieglitz) were cousins. Robert's mother Sarah Elizabeth Gordon was the second wife of Oscar Ernest von Stieglitz. In later years the siblings of Robert Oscar dropped the von, to be simply known as Stieglitz.
Submitted 13 November 2023 by Mary Metcalfe
Biography
"Mrs. S. E. Von Stieglitz, of Toowoomba, has been advised that her son, who was previously reported missing, was killed in action in France, on March 26." - from the Brisbane Courier 04 Jun 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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