Robert Donaldson YULE

YULE, Robert Donaldson

Service Numbers: 2339, 2339
Enlisted: 27 January 1916, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 11th Depot Battalion
Born: Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 11 July 1884
Home Town: Blair Athol, Isaac, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
Died: Injuries sustained from broken tree limb in a cyclonic storm, Fraser Camp - Enoggera, Brisbane City, Queensland, Fraser's Hill Camp, Enoggera, Queensland, Australia, 4 February 1916, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
4. 17. 5. M1/197. (GRM/4*)., Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

27 Jan 1916: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2339, 11th Depot Battalion, (NAA, Pg's-6, 47)
27 Jan 1916: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2339, 11th Depot Battalion, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He is commemorated on the Peterhead War Memorial in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; one of six Australian Great War casualties remembered there.

Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of William YULE, & Christian (nee DONALDSON) YULE, of Bianhaven, Petershead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Place of Association (Origin):  Petershead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.