MARRIOTT, Robert
| Service Number: | 4843 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1872 |
| Home Town: | Bridgetown, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Sleeper hewer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt Plot VII, Row N, Grave No. 17. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bridgetown Battle of the Somme Memorial, Bridgetown War Memorial, Greenbushes War Memorial, W.A. |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4843, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4843, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4843, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 4843, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4843 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of Robert and Ann Jane Marriott; husband of Mrs. Alice Louise Marriott, who he married in Perth during 1902. Robert was 43 years of age when he enlisted at Blackboy Hill in Western Australia. He seemed to working as a sleeper hewer or contractor among the jarrah and karri forests of Bridgetown when he joined up. He was the father of a son (aged 13) and daughter (aged 10).
He was taken on strength of the 51st Battalion in France during July 1916 and reported missing after the heavy fighting at Mouquet Farm on the 3 September 1916. Many men from the Battalion were reported as missing after capturing the Farm due to being trapped behind and in the German front line when the enemy counter attacked.
During 1920 his remains were discovered and his identity disc was recovered and returned to his wife in Perth, Western Australia. Alice wrote to Base Records to acknowledge receipt of the disc, “If it is not asking too much, I would be pleased if you let me know where and how the disc was found. Have never known the cause of his death, or any account of the battle on September 3rd 1916, from you. Do not mind how unpleasant it may seem for my children and self to know I beg of you please to let us have the truth of whatever you know. We feel grieved for his loss but we proudly feel that the sacrifice of his life for King and Country will not have been in vain.”
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