CAIRNDUFF, Robert Patrick
| Service Number: | 13158 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Barrhead, Scotland, 18 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bruce Rock, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Cross Arthurlie Public School, Barrhead |
| Occupation: | Teamster |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Rosiers, East of Amiens, France, 17 August 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row H, Grave no. 10, Fouquescourt British Cemetery, Fouquescourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock District WW1 Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock Memorial of Honour, Bruce Rock War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 13158, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 13158, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 13158, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Karoola, Fremantle | |
| 17 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 13158, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), "The Last Hundred Days" |
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The AWM Embarkaton Roll (static.awm.gov.au) has the spelling of the Family Name as CAIRNDRUFF. The official Service Record indicates the Family Name was initially recorded incorrectly but amended to CAIRNDUFF. The Family Name has been amended to accord with that of the official Service Record. Amendement undertaken by the RSL Virtual War Memorial Chief Moderator, April 2015.
Robert Cairnduff, the fourth of 9 children, migrated from Scotland to WA in 1914, at the age of 16. He was an apprentice joiner and a football player. He joined his uncle, James Martin Patrick (who had migrated to WA around 1910), at Fereneze Farm, Yerapin, midway between Bruce Rock and Kellerberrin WA. He trained at Blackboy Hill before embarking from Fremantle on HMAT Karoola on 14 March 1916. Robert served on the Western Front and was in the 45th Battalion band. He was killed in action at Rosiers, east of Amiens on 17 August 1918, the day before his 21st birthday. He was single with no children.
Service Medals: British War Medal; Victory Medal.
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