GUTHRIE, Robert Samuel
| Service Number: | 5367 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Killygordon, Donegal, Ireland, September 1899 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 26 September 1966, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5367, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5367, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5367, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 2 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5367, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5367, 28th Infantry Battalion, France - GSW thigh | |
| 15 Sep 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5367, 28th Infantry Battalion, per D22 HT Arawa | |
| 12 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5367, 28th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Robert was the sixth of thirteen children of William H Guthrie (born 1853 in Donegal, Ireland) and Ellen Jane Long (born 1861 in Donegal, Ireland). William , a Carpenter, and Ellen married in 1880 in Donegal, Ireland, where they raised their family. Following William's death in 1901, Ellen remarried Robert McCormack (born 1870 in Donegal Ireland) in 1902. Robert, a Farmer's son, and Ellen immigrated with most of Ellen's children, settling in Fremantle, Western Australia where Robert was a Labourer.
Robert was living in South Fremantle, WA, where he had worked as a Labourer and Storemen, and in 1916 was a Horse Driver when he enlisted with the AIF. He served as a Private (Service No:5367) with 28th Infantry Battalion in France, and was WIA on two occasions. He was Discharged in March 1919. Brother Hugh (Service No:822) served in WWI, as did several Brothers-in-Law, and nephews William James Trezine (Service No:3693) and Ernest Frederick Trezine (Service No:WX28553) served in WWII.
Returning to Fremantle, WA, Robert was working as a Storeman in 1919 when he married Daisy Violet Hicks - a Clerk (born 1895 in Fremantle, WA). Robert and Daisy moved to South Perth, WA where Robert worked as a Clerk. He died in 1966 and Daisy in 1972.