STITT, Robert
| Service Numbers: | 533, 5091 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kirkcudbright,Scotland, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, West Flanders, Belgium., France, 29 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 533, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 533, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 29 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 5091, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5091 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Robert Stitt served as Robert Stuart.
Robert Stitt had emigrated to Australia in 1911 and was a carpenter, living at Orange, New South Wales, when he enlisted as Private (533) in the 1st Light Horse Regiment at Roseberry Park in September 1914. He claimed four years of service with 2nd Lowland Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery. He sailed from Sydney for Egypt in October 1914 but was returned to Australia and discharged from the army for disciplinary reasons in March 1915. Robert was living at New Bridge, New South Wales when he re-enlisted as Robert Stuart at Lithgow in November 1915. He sailed from Sydney in June 1916 and joined his battalion in France in November 1916. He was reported as missing after a trench raid at Messines.
He was the son of the late Alexander and Margaret (Tonner) Stitt of Kirkcudbright. His sisters lived at the Anchorage, St. Mary's Wynd in Kirkcudbright.
He is remembered on the Kirkcudbright war memorial.
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