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MCWHIRTER, Robert Birkett
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4678 |
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| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia, 28 April 1887 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 August 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bassendean War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
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World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4678, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4678, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 7 Aug 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 4678, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4678 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-08-07 |
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