Robert HURST

Regimental number453
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressSailor's Home, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Hurst, 9 St George's Place, Southampton, England
Enlistment date6 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentAble Bodied Driver
Unit nameRoyal Australian Naval Bridging Train Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number34/12/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll453n
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of disease 28 December 1917
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Plot C, Row 277, Grave No. 35), North Tidworth, Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Authority for inclusion on Roll of Honour contained in minutes of 49th meeting of A.W.M. Board held in Melbourne on 10th December, 1956