PIPER, Robert Carlingford
| Service Number: | 817 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narrabri, New South Wales, 23 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Narrabri, Narrabri, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Narrabri District School, NSW |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Newcastle, N.S.W., 10 October 1968, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-90. 27. |
| Memorials: | Narrabri District School WW1 Honour Roll and Drinking Fountain, Narrabri Wee Waa Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 817, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 817, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 817, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 1 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, SW upper arm | |
| 11 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, Gassed | |
| 3 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac who served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
53 years ago today, on the 12th November 1968, Lieutenant Robert Carlingford Piper, also known as Carl, 4th Battalion (Reg No-817), clerk from Narrabri, New South Wales and Newcastle? N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 76. CATHOLIC 3-90. 27.
Born at Narrabri, New South Wales on the 23rd August 1892 to Joseph James and Mary Eliza Piper; husband of Margaret May Piper nee? (married? died 1967), Carl enlisted August 1914 at Randwick, N.S.W.
Older brother Harold James (2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Reg No-4, born 1886, died 1970, Kogarah, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Admitted to hospital 30.1.1917 (trench fever and influenza), 13.5.1918 (knee joint).
Wounded in action - 7.11.1917 (GSW right upper arm, mild), 25.8.1918 (mustard gas shell poisoning, mild).
Invalided to UK 27.8.1918.
Carl was granted Special 1914 Leave, and returned home February 1919, being discharged on the 3rd October 1919.
Mr. Piper’s name has been inscribed on the Narrabri Presbyterian Church First World War Roll of Honour (photos, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133445868), Narrabri RSL Club Great War Roll of Honour, Narrabri District School 1914–1919 Roll of Honour and Drinking Fountains and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Carl’s gravesite to honour his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Lest We Forget.
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