Roderick URQUHART

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URQUHART, Roderick

Service Number:	4248
Enlisted:	22 September 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lochbrom, Scotland, 29 March 1886
Home Town:	Harwood, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1955, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Old Section Services AIF, Panel F, Position 046
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World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4248, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW.
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4248, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4248, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
21 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 2nd Battalion
30 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4248, 54th Infantry Battalion, Embarked HS Stad Antweren on 5 October 1917 with shrapnel wound to the right knee.
17 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4248, 54th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed.
3 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Taken on strength form the 54th Battalion
9 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4248, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Donald Urquhart and Annabelle Urquhart nee MacKenzie of Caberfeadth, Kylealochlash, Rose Shire, Scotland.

On the 18 Deptember 1918 Roderick married Edith Marion Fletcher in the Parish Church, Brighton, Sussex, England. Assistant Priest G.F. Bond officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 25 September 1919 aboard HT Mahana disembarking on 12 November 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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