ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

MARRIOTT, Robert

MARRIOTT, Robert

Full Name: Robert

MARRIOTT

Date of Birth: 11

–

1872

Place of birth: Caulfield Vic

Australia

Occupation: Sleeper Hewer

Address: Greenbushes WA

Next of Kin: Father Robert MARRIOTT, Mother- Anne Jane MARRIOTT, Wife- Alice Louise MARRIOTT

Next of Kin Address: Greenbushes/Bridgetown WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 4843

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-12-13

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-04-01

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-04-25

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: France

Age at Death: 43

Burial Location: Regina Trench Cemetery Grandcourt France – Plot VII, Row N, Grave No. 17

27/11/1915- Completed Application to Enlist & Preliminary Medical Examination Greenbushes WA
13/12/1915- To 39 Depot Blackboy Hill WA as Private then to ” C ” Company 5th Depot Battalion
28/02/1916- To 15th Reinforcements 11th Battalion Blackboy Hill
1/04/1916-Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Ulysses ” bound for Egypt
25/04/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to 3rd Training Battalion Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
4/05/1916- Admitted 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital Tel-el-Kebir ( Dysentery )
8/05/1916- Discharged from Hospital to 13th Training Battalion Tel-el-Kebir
20/05/1916- Transferred to 51st Battalion in the field Egypt
7/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
14/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles to 4th  Australian Division Base Depot
23/07/1916- Joined 51st Battalion in the field France
3/09/1916- Reported Missing in Action France
23/04/1917- Court of Enquiry found MARRIOTT to be Killed in Action.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 35630

Victory Medal – No. 35365

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 323331

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Bridgetown War Memorial WA

Greenbushes War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 153.