Volume 2: Letters written on active service, M-W, 1914-1919 - Page 63

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[Private, later Sergeant, Robert Dowling Marrott MM, No 122, a clerk of Waverley NSW, enlisted on 25 August 1914 at age 20, and embarked from Sydney on 20 October 1914 on HMAT A14 Euripides with the 1st Field Ambulance, B Section. He served at Gallipoli and with the 14th Field Ambulance in France. He was awarded the Military Medal on 20 November 1917 for bravery in the field. He returned to Australia on 31 January 1918.

His letter describes his time at Gallipoli and the work of the Field Ambulance, written from Lemnos Island. A letter from Robert's brother, John Marrott, follows.

Letters incorrectly labelled on this page as being from R A Marrott.]
R. A. Marrott

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