HOUSTON, Robert Clarence Herbert

HOUSTON, Robert Clarence Herbert

Full Name: Robert Clarence Herbert

HOUSTON

Date of Birth: 04

1894

Place of birth: Horsham

Australia

Occupation: Grocer

Address: Forrest Street Collie WA

Next of Kin: Father-Neil John Houston

Next of Kin Address: Forrest Street Collie WA

Religion: Church of Christ

Service Number: 1561

Rank: Gunner

Unit/Division: 3rd Light Trench Mortar Batt

Enlistment Date: 1914-11-19

Enlistment Location: Helena Vale

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-02-22

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-03-17

Locations Served:

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Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KIA

Date of Death:

Place of Death: France

Age at Death: 22

Burial Location: Rue Petillon Military Cemetery Fleurbaix France Plot 1, Row J, Grave 32

7/05/1915-To 11th Battalion “D” Company Gallipoli Peninsula
9/09/1915-Admitted Hospital Gallipoli ( Enteritis, Diarrhoea, Debility, Pyrexia )
16/09/1915-Evacuated/Admitted by Hospital Ship to St Andrews Hospital Malta ( Dysentry )
4/10/1915-Evacuated/Admitted 3rd Western General Hospital Cardiff Wales ex Malta
14/02/1916-Rejoined Base Details Ghezireh Egypt
6/03/1916-Rejoined Unit in the field Serapeum Egypt
5/04/1916-Disembraked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
8/05/1916-To 11th Battalion in the field France
9/05/1916-Transferred to 3rd Aust Light Trench Mortar Battery in the field France
3/07/1916- KILLED IN ACTION France