CANT, Robert Sutherland
| Service Number: | 1336 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tealing, Angus, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Morisset, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Panel 17, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonamble Municipality and Wingadee Shire HR, Coonamble War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1336, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1336, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Date of enlistment: 27.11.1914
Place of enlistment: Liverpool, NSW.
He was 20 and the son of Alexander and Margaret Cant, of Morisset, New South Wales. Born in Tealing, near Dundee.
Tealing (Scottish Gaelic: Tèalainn) is a village in Angus in eastern Scotland, nestled at the foot of the Sidlaw Hills. It is 6 miles north of the city of Dundee and 8 miles south of Forfar.
Angus (formerly Forfarshire until 1928) is a maritime county in the east of Scotland.
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour
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