MARLIN, Robert George
| Service Number: | 548 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, 27 April 1884 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (NSW), Hawkesbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farrier |
| Died: | Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 May 1966, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 548, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
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| 5 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 548, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, ex Cowper Wharf per SS Maplemore and SS Custodian for Port Elizabeth - disembarked 17 April 1901 | |
| 4 May 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 548, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, ex Cape Town for Sydney - disembarked 4 June 1902 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bob was the fourth of eleven children of Ernest Marlin (born 1856 in Richmond, NSW) and Laura Anne Kennedy (born 1859 in Richmond NSW). In 1875, as a Member of the Richmond Volunteer Rifles (Regimental No:7886) Ernest received a Land Grant - he was a Carpenter and Builder when he married Laura in 1877. They settled at Richmond to raise their family, and Ernest's business expanded in 1895 to provide funeral services, including coffins. Eldest son Fred was eighteen years of age when he hung himself in his father's business premises in 1896. Ernest was known as a keen athlete and cricketer, and one of the oldest members of the Richmond Branch of the Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows. Ernest died in 1915.
In 1899, Bob was seventeen years of age when he enlisted with the Second NSW Mounted Rifles as a Trooper (Service No:548). In South Africa, the Second NSW Mounted Rifles 'travelled upwards of 4,000 miles in every part of the Transvaal' (Command Orders, issued 17 April 1902, at Standerton). Bob returned to Australia in June 1902.
A Farrier in Lismore, NSW in 1907, Bob married Lucy Barr (born 1882 at Coomera, QLD), and enlisted in the AIF on 14 September 1915 - stating in his Attestation Papers that he had served 10 months with the NSW Lancers, and four and a half years with Driscoll's Scouts. Bob was at the Enoggera Rifle Range Camp when Lucy wrote to the Army stating that she objected to her husband's enlistment, needed him at home to help with sick children and wanted him Discharged as soon as possible. Bob was Discharged in December 1915. Four of Bob's brothers served in WWI - Albert (Private, Service No:3140); Frank (Private, Service No:3154) KiA at Pozieres in 1916; Archie (Private, Service No:2728) KiA at Villers Bretonneux,France in 1918; and Bernard (Sergeant, Service No:1025).
Bob and Lucy settled in Parramatta, Sydney, NSW where Bob worked as a Blacksmith/Farrier. Lucy died in 1955 and Bob in 1966.
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