PLOVMAN, William Robert
| Service Number: | 3646 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 August 1915, 16th infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tighes Hill, New South Wales, Australia, August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | GSW to chest, 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, Pozieres, France, 4 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Pozières British Cemetery Pozieres British Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 4), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France, Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tighe's Hill Public School Honour Roll, Waratah Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3646, 20th Infantry Battalion, 16th infantry | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3646, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3646, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 19 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 3646, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3646 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting Memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
104 years ago today, on the 4th April 1917, Private William Roger (Robert) Plovman, 56th Battalion (Reg No-3646), labourer from William Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, Died of Wounds, age 23.
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
Born at Tighes Hill, New South Wales about 1894 to Frederick Christian Anderson (died 1939 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133736797) and Phoebe Plovman nee Reid (died 1918 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137489870) of "Georgewood", Turner Street, Georgetown (Waratah), N.S.W., William enlisted August 1915 with the 20th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action 2.4.1917 (GSW chest), William is resting at Pozieres British Cemetery, France. Plot II Row J Grave 4.
Mr Plovman’s name has been inscribed on the Waratah Park Memorial Gates and the Tighes Hill Public School Honor Roll (photo, unveiled on the 24th May 1918, 144 names now inscribed, 20 Fallen).
There is no memorial inscription on the parent’s headstone to tell us of the supreme sacrifice of their son for God, King and Country, so March 2021 I placed a memorial cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the memorialised grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
Younger brother George Albert Victor (Reg No-N12381 and N81071, 36th Training Battalion, born 24.10.1898, East Moree, N.S.W.) enlisted 1st A.I.F., rejected.
Lest We Forget.
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