Robert Maynard CRUICKSHANK

CRUICKSHANK, Robert Maynard

Service Number: QX6055
Enlisted: 11 November 1939
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 16 June 1913
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: State School Toowong, Brisbane, Scotch College, Melbourne & Royal Military College, Duntroon
Occupation: Army Officer
Died: Killed in Action, Syria, 11 June 1941, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
Originall buried in Beirut War Cemetery, Beirut, Lebanon
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , QX6055
11 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , QX6055, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
11 Jun 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, QX6055, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion

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Robert Maynard CRUICKSHANK was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 16th June 1913

His parents were Lieutenant/Colonel Maynard Hayes CRUICKSHANK & Nancie Doris CHALMERS

He married Shirley Helen CAMPBELL in Watsons Bay in Sydney, NSW in 1940

Robert was Killed in Action in Syria on 11th June 1941 and initially buried in Beirut War Cemetery - he was reburied in the Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery

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His father Maynard Hayes CRUICKSHANK served as a Lieutenant in the Boer War in the 8th Commonwealth Horse & during WW1 with the 33rd Infantry Battalion & during WW2 (SN V159786) posting at discharge Headquarters Tasmanian Force.

His grandfather James Henry Robert CRUICKSHANK was with the Royal Bombay Engineers & died in Hobart, Tasmania in 1916

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