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MCDERMAID, Robert Bailey
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1774 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 April 1915, Hamilton, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 26 August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Talbot State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Accidental (while handling a Stokes mortar), Amiens, France, 14 July 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Borough of Hamilton Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Talbot Caralulup State School Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1774, Hamilton, Victoria | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1774, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1774, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 14 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1774, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1774 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-07-14 |
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"This soldier was one of a party of four handling a Stokes bomb, when, through some cause unknown it exploded, killing all the party." - A. E. Reed (Major)
Death was attributed to negligence - no person disciplined as each man involved had been killed by the explosion.
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