Robert Gladstone FENWICK

FENWICK, Robert Gladstone

Service Number: 882
Enlisted: 17 July 1915, Citizen Forces
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bulli, New South Wales, Australia, May 1894
Home Town: Helensburgh, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
Died: Killed in Action, France, Fromelles, 20 July 1916
Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
Plot I, Row C, Grave 11, Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulli Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 882, 30th Infantry Battalion, Citizen Forces
9 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 882, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 882, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
Date unknown: Involvement 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From AWM

882 Private (Pte) Robert Gladstone Fenwick, 26th Battalion, from Bulli, NSW. A 21 year old miner prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 18th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 23 December 1915. Later transferring to the 30th Battalion, Pte Fenwick was reported missing in action at Fromelles, France, on 21 July 1916. Following receipt of his identification disc from Germany in March 1917, AIF Headquarters officially reported Pte Fenwick killed in action on 20 July 1916. After the war his grave could not be located and he was commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France. In 2008 a burial ground was located at Pheasant Wood, France containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers including Pte Fenwick. All of the remains were reburied in the newly created Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery. At the time of the official dedication of the new cemetery on 19 July 2010, ninety-six of the Australians, including Pte Fenwick, had been identified through a combination of anthropological, archaeological, historical and DNA information. Work is continuing on identifying the other remains relocated from the burial ground and buried in the new cemetery as unknown soldiers.

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