HAREWOOD, Robert Stanley
| Service Number: | 15865 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salvation Army Officer |
| Memorials: | Nedlands Scotch College WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 15865, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 15865, Army Medical Corps (AIF), SS Port Napier, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 15865 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
From Digger Gazett 15 March 1920. Captain Chaplian Harewood of the Salvation Army speaking at Remark, said that he believed that the Australians were inclined to think too little of the Diggers since they had returned. After having experienced over three years among them in France, he could only say that no one who did not go over ther had the slightest conception of the terrible trails which the men went through and if he used the most extravagant language he could not draw an adequate picture of the suffering and hardship they underwent. On two or three occasions the Allies were within an ace of being defeated in France and had it not been for the magnificant battles put up by the Australians there may have been a different tale to tell. He considered that the Digger who had a hand in assisting to crush the great German Military machine deserved on of the greatest honors that man could earn. If the Australian mothers had any idea of the wonderful devotion to duty of their sons they would be proud to have borne them. The returned man, he considered, was not an ordinary citizen, but a distinct type. he was a man who had been through the fires of hell, and he hoped he would be treated according to his due.