Robert Ewen COVENTRY

Regimental number2454
SchoolPunt Road State School, Sth Yarra, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressPrahran, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs E M Coventry, 1 Bella Street, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Persia on 10 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied Wareham, England
FateDied of disease 21 December 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death32.6
Place of burialWareham Cemetery (Plot B, Row C, Grave No. 15), Dorset
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
ParentsL Thomas and Helen COVENTRY: 12 VICTORY SQUARE, ARMADALE, VICTORIA
Family/military connectionsNil