GARTH, Robert Edmund
| Service Number: | 1130 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 February 1916, 9 months 2nd Lt Senior Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pambula, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 1899 |
| Home Town: | Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kurri Kurri Superior Public School and Maitland High Scool, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Hamilton North, New South Wales, Australia, 14 April 1966, aged 66 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-126. 58. |
| Memorials: | Maitland High School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 34th Infantry Battalion, 9 months 2nd Lt Senior Cadets | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1130, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1130, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 15 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW left arm | |
| 25 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW wrists, both legs, both arms, severe, and head | |
| 2 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD - due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting peacefully at Sandgate Cemetery.
55 years ago today, on the 19th April 1966, Private Robert Edmund Garth, 34th Battalion (Reg No-1130), grocer from Vincent Street, Cessnock, New South Wales and 33 Boreas Road, Broadmeadow N.S.W. and 12 Newcastle Street, Hamilton North, N.S.W. and 40 Gow Street, Hamilton North, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 66. ANGLICAN 2-126. 58.
Born at Pambula, New South Wales on the 28th April 1899 to Walgrave and Margaret Garth, Robert enlisted February 1916 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 15.5.1917 (GSW left arm), 25.7.1917 (GSW wrists, both legs, both arms, severe, and head).
Robert was invalided home January 1918, discharged permanently unfit (GSW left thigh, femur, left forearm, left tibia bones chipped) on the 2nd July 1918.
Mr Garth’s name has been inscribed on the Kurri Kurri Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Cessnock War Memorial (photos courtesy of David Harrower, unveiled on the 11th November 2015, 1696 names inscribed), Maitland High School Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Robert’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, N.S.W.
Lest We Forget.
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