CRUICKSHANK, Robert Maynard
| Service Number: | QX6055 |
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| 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 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), QX6055 | |
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| 11 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), QX6055, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Jun 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army 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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