HARPER, Robert Emslie
Service Number: | 3715 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Golden Grove, South Australia, Australia, 11 March 1893 |
Home Town: | Golden Grove, Tea Tree Gully, South Australia |
Schooling: | Golden Grove Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Assistant Orchardist |
Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3715, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
2 Dec 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3715, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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2 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3715, 52nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide | |
3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion |
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Brother: 3714 Pte. James Little HARPER (/explore/people/252280) of 52nd Battalion Killed in action, 4 September 1916
Cousin: 5456 Pte. Roy Rutherford KNEALE (/explore/people/311524), of the 10th Battalion Killed during their controversial 'Raid on Celtic Wood' 9 October 1917
"LATE PTE. R. E. HARPER.
Pte. Robert E. Harper, of Golden Grove, whose death is announced, was 23 years of age. He was educated at the Golden Grove School and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was of a quiet disposition, and his kindly qualities appealed to those with whom he came in contact. He was a member of the Teatree Gully Rifle Club and a good shot. He enlisted in August, 1915." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 21 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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