Robert Leslie Gibson URQUHART

URQUHART, Robert Leslie Gibson

Service Number: 21112
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: Field Artillery Brigades
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Wounds, At sea aboard HMAT Esquibo, United Kingdom, 3 October 1918
Cemetery: Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England
Row N, Grave 409. Headstone inscription reads: His duty nobly done.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Darwin War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

11 May 1916: Involvement Gunner, 21112, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916: Embarked Gunner, 21112, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
3 Oct 1918: Involvement Gunner, 21112, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 21112 awm_unit: Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-10-03

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was Port Darwin, NT.

Son of Donald Urquhart and Mary Sibba Urquhart nee Morris of James Street, Perth, WA. Brother of Ormond Hamilton Maxqell Urquhart who returned to Australia on 30 April 1919 having served with the 3rd Division Medium Trench Mortar Battery

24 September 1915 - enlisted at Bribane, QLD, with the 9th Field Artillery Brigade and with the rank of Private

2 January 1916 - promoted to Gunner

30 September 1916 - transferred to the 3 Division Medium Trench Mortar

29 September 1918 - wounded in action. Wound to the back resulting in Paralysis

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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