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Robert MAJUREY

Regimental number1376
Other NamesMAJUREY, Robert Henry
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCab driver
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs Florence Majurey, 448 Jones Street, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date16 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal Driver
Unit name301st (Mechanical Transport), 8th Company, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Park)
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/98/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Service Corps Motor Transport
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: ASC (MT)
Promotion date: 7 October 1918

Lieutenant


Unit: ASC (MT)
Promotion date: 7 January 1919

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 16 June 1916

FateReturned to Australia 20 June 1919
Medals

Military Medal

'On the nights 15/16 and 16/17 February 1916 he was in charge of a motor lorry delivering detonated bombs to 'WOODCOTE FARM' and beyond. On the return journey he towed two ration limbers, whose horses had been shelled, from near ZILLEBEKE back to the 17th Division Bomb Store. On the morning of 16th February 1916 he towed another lorry out of a bog near VOORMEZEELE. The roads were under shell fire during the whole period.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62
Date: 19 April 1917

Other detailsMedals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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