Coming Soon.
COUTTS, Robert Hamilton
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 849 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 14 March 1916, Ballarat, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Evansford, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Talbot, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Evansford State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, London, United Kingdom, 18 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot XL, Row B, Grave No. 17 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 849, 39th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Vic. | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 849, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 849, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Robert Hamilton Coutts's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte 849 Robert Hamilton Coutts joined the 39th Battalion in France on 28 January 1917. He was hospitalised on 21 April 1917 with defective vision, then pleurisy.
He was evacuated to UK on 10 May 1917 and admitted to the Grove Military Hospital, Tooting Grove, London, where he later died of pneumonia on 18 October 1917.