HALLIDAY, Robert Stanley
| Service Number: | 3775 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Humphray Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Accidental (Injuries - concussion of brain from fall), Military Hospital, Wareham, England, United Kingdom, 14 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Wareham Cemetery, Dorset, England Wareham Cemetery (Plot B, Row D, Grave NO. 13), Dorset, Wareham Cemetery, Wareham, Dorset, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3775, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3775, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3775, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 2 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3775, 46th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW thigh - slight | |
| 14 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3775, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3775 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-14 |
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Died on this date - 14th February........Private Robert Stanley Halliday was born at Ballarat, Victoria in 1896 & enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 12th July, 1915 as a 19 year old Grocer from Ballarat.
Private Halliday arrived in Egypt then was transferred & arrived in France on 8th June, 1916. He was wounded in action on 6th August, 1916 with shrapnel wounds to right thigh.
Private Halliday was invalided to England & admitted to 1st/ 5th Northern General Hospital at Leicester, England on 13th August, 1916 with wounds - slight. He was discharged & transferred to No. 4 Command Depot at Wareham, Dorset on 3rd November, 1916.
Private Halliday was absent from No. 4 Command Depot at Wareham, Dorset from 27th December, 1916. He was admitted to Military Hospital, Wareham, England seriously ill on 13th February, 1917 with concussion of brain.
Private Robert Stanley Halliday died at 3.15 pm on 14th February, 1917 at Military Hospital, Wareham, England as a result of concussion of the brain which was sustained in an accident through falling. A Court of Enquiry was held with the verdict being "Died from Concussion of the brain through falling, and that such fall was accidental.” He was buried in Wareham Cemetery, Wareham, Dorset, England where 12 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
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