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ABERNETHY, Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 373 |
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Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brown's Mountain, Cambewarra, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1887 |
Home Town: | Cambewarra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | War Service (Gas) Complications, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 2 July 1932, aged 45 years |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
Memorials: | Nowra Soldiers Memorial, Nowra St Andrew's Presbyterian Church War Memorial Tower and Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 373, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 373, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 373, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
16 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 373, 36th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW Right Cheek | |
31 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
17 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
12 May 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 373, 36th Infantry Battalion, RTA per "Rauhine" (MU Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | |
4 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 373, 36th Infantry Battalion |
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