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WESTGARTH, Robert Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3636 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Golden Square, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kangaroo Flat, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kangaroo Flat State School, Bendigo, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Beaumetz les Cambrai, France, 24 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension Plot II, Row F, Grave 17, Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, Lebucquiere, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Big Hill State School No 1551 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3636, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3636, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3636, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3636, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 24 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3636, 57th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
The 57th Battalion were holding the front line at Beaumetz les Cambrai on 24 March 1917 when two large German raiding parties attacked the Australian lines.
The raids were eventually repulsed at a cost to the 57th Battalion of eight OR's killed and two officers and 25 OR's wounded.
Source: 57th Battalion unit diary
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