Roderick William URQUHART

URQUHART, Roderick William

Service Number: 39
Enlisted: 18 December 1914
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town: Hexham, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling: Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Station manager
Died: Killed In Action, Palestine, 7 August 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel Panel 58.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong Grammar School Community Members Who Served, Geelong St Giles Church Grammarians Honor Roll, Hexham War Memorial, Jerusalem Memorial, Shire of Mortlake War Memorial, Warrnambool Club Pictorial Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

18 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, 39, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ
25 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 39, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, 8th Light Horse Regiment
19 Nov 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment
24 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant
7 Aug 1916: Involvement Lieutenant, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-08-07

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Roderick Robert Urquhart and Mary Helen Urquhart nee Armstrong of Boonerah, Hexham, Victoria. Brother of Arthur Keith Urquhart MID who returned Australia having served with the Australian Flying Corps

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal