IMRIE, Robert James
| Service Number: | 4419 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 November 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Seymour, Victoria, Australia, 27 June 1886 |
| Home Town: | Seymour, Mitchell, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Seymour Primary School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Horse Trainer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres Plot C, Row G, Grave 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, Ruffy School No 2785 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4419, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 1 Dec 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Transferred to 3rd Light Horse Training Unit at Seymour. | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4419, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4419, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne | |
| 16 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Dermatological Hospital, 1st ADH Abbassia, Egypt. | |
| 8 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4419, 23rd Infantry Battalion, England | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4419, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4419, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, Killed in Action - Battle of Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ant McLean
Robert James Imrie is my Great Uncle, he is one of the three Brothers of my Nanna, Catherine Mary Imrie (McLean) who along with my Pop, Henry Joseph McLean, signed up to do their duty and sail away to an unknown land on an adventure and to help their Motherland against the enemy forces.
I knew my Nanna and Pop, my Nanna was a hard woman and she treated my Pop harshly, i could never work that out because i was only a Boy of 8 years old, but could see the years had been hard on them both. the war war was never discussed and i never new about my Great Uncle Robert Until I was in my later 50's when my Sister Paulina had been doing family history over a long period and had come across the Imrie Family, and found that there were stories that the three boys went to WW1 and never returned. TO BE CONTINUED.
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