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Robert Hutchen FINDLATER

Regimental number1895
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBricklayer
Address3 Park Avenue, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 8.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss I Findlater, Matron, Kelso Hospital, Kelso, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in Volunteer Gordon Highlanders
Enlistment date25 July 1915
Place of enlistmentGoulburn, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name1st Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 16 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Company Engineers
FateReturned to Australia 28 March 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Mary Ann FINDLATER. Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance.
Discharge date9 July 1919
Other details

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'City of Poona', 28 September 1919; arrived Melbourne for Sydney, 14 May 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 9 July 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death25 February 1932
Age at death50
Place of burialLutwyche Cemetery, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, FINDLATER Robert Hutchen

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