STREATFIELD, Robert
| Service Number: | 3379 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1916, 2 years Sth Africa |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1 |
| Born: | Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia, 3 July 1852 |
| Home Town: | Plattsburg, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1941, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) E NW. 2. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3379, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), 2 years Sth Africa | |
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| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3379, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3379, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3379, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3379, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 23 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3379, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
82 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 3rd July 1941, Sapper Robert Streatfield, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-3379), miner from Macquarie Street, Plattsburg, New South Wales and the Cresent, Wallsend, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 90. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) E NW. 2.
Born at Raymond Terrace, New South Wales on the 3rd July 1852 (not confirmed) to Richard and Caroline Streatfield; husband of Alice May Streatfield nee Reid (married 1876, Lambton, N.S.W., died 17.2.1929, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 74, sleeping here), Robert enlisted on the 9th April 1916 (stated age 49, actual age 63!, No. 4 Tunnelling Company – No. 1 Military District) at Rosebery Park, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A69 Warilda on the 22nd May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 29.12.1916 (synovitis right knee, serious, tripped over railway line), 18.1.1917 (pyrexia).
Transferred to England on the 2nd July 1917.
Robert returned home (invalided?) on the 5th September 1917, being discharged on the 23rd November 1917.
Mr. Streatfield’s name has been inscribed on the Abermain War Memorial.
I have placed poppies at Robert’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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