MASON, Robert
| Service Number: | 4860 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Commercial traveller |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 23 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Grave VI. C. 33., Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4860, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4860, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Involvement 4860, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4860 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1918-08-23 | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Medal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was a Company Sergeant Major-appointed Company Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class II), 2 December 1917, and he was awarded the Military Medal.
'(Near Ypres) Determination and personal courage as senior NCO of carrying party, rendering valuable services.'
Recommendation date: 11 October 1917
'This N.C.O. was the senior N.C.O. of a carrying party which had to carry from the rear dump to the forward dump during the operation of the 4th October in the Zonnebeke area east of Ypres. Four journeys were made during the period of his duty and all the time a heavy barrage had to be passed through which was about 1000 yards in depth. On each journey heavy casualties were caused in his party, but his grit and determination kept them together with the result that the dump was kept well supplied.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918
His mother was Mrs Elizabeth Mason, 31 Gardiners Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Married Jemima Jessie McVINNIE, spinster, aged 28, Colvend Parish Church (Church of Scotland), 14 August 1916.
Commemorated on Colvend Parish War Memorial, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.
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