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Heathcote R    Sapper    1941

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 8 years, 10 months ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Heathcote R    Sapper    1941    Rowland            2 FCE    22    Carbuilder    Single    C of E       

Address:    Essendon, Lorraine St, 8   

Next of Kin:    Heathcote, Robert, father, 8 Lorraine St, Essendon   

Enlisted:    28 Aug 1915       

Embarked:     A17 Port Lincoln 14 Oct 1915  

Prior Service:  2½ years 6th AIR

Awards:  Military Medal

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Heathcote L W Sgt 294 cousin POW

Heathcote-C-S-Pte-3857  cousin KIA

 

Recommended for Military Medal

At BERNACOURT on 5th April, 1918, this sapper showed great bravery and devotion to duty whilst acting as Company runner during very  heavy enemy shelling. During the whole day he was carrying messages through very heavy shell-fire at very great personal risk.

 

Recommended by OC 12th Field Coy AE & CRE 4th Division, 12 April 1918.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heathcote, of Lorraine street Essendon, have received word that their son No 1941 Sapper Roy Heathcote, of the 12th Field Engineers, has been awarded the Military Medal in France for   having successfully carried a despatch while in the lines. He has been on active service for two years and nine months, and prior to enlisting was employed in the Newport Workshops. The late Lance Corporal C. F. Heathcote, who was killed in action in France in February 1917, was a cousin of Sapper Heathcote. Another cousin is 2nd Lieutenant L. W. Heathcote, of the Aviation Corps, now a prisoner in Turkey.

 

ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, July 25). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 9, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74606706

 

 

War Service Commemorated

Christ Church Roll of Honour

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

Regimental Register

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