Robert CORMACK

CORMACK, Robert

Service Numbers: 49, 49A
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Huntly Aberdeenshire Scotland, 1890
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Gordon Public Schools, Huntly, Scotland
Occupation: Mason
Died: Killed in Action, France, 1 August 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

31 May 1915: Involvement Private, 49, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915: Embarked Private, 49, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
1 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 49A, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 49A awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-01

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

1891 Census 202 Huntly 13 East Park St; William & Jessie

Father's Occupation: Builder Mason.

Enlisted at Adelaide, VIC

Killed in Action-Age 26

NoK J Cormack, Brother, 6 King St; Huntly.

He is one of five former pupils of the Gordon Schools in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland who are remembered on the school war Memorial. 

Huntly (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Bhalgaidh or Hunndaidh) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie.

Huntly has a primary school (Gordon Primary) and a secondary school (The Gordon Schools) beside Huntly Castle.

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