Robert GAULT
Personal
Born: 1892
Birth registration: Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration No. 27046
Birthplace: Rushworth, Victoria
Parents: William Galt; Mary Ann Smith
married 1878
Died: 21 March, 1949
Burial place: Fawkner Crematorium, Fawkner, Victoria
Awards and Honours
- 1914-1915 Star
- British War Medal 1914-20
- Victory Medal
Battalions
14th Battalion
Events
Enlistment
Regimental Service Number: 859
Enlistment date: 14 September, 1914 Melbourne
Age at enlistment: 22 years 1 month
Address at enlistment: 41 Wellington Street, Windsor
Religion: Church of England
Marital Status: Single
Next of kin: Mother: Mrs M. A. Galt
Physical Description: Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Weight: 11stone 8 pounds
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Fair
Distinctive marks: Vaccination x 2
Embarkation ship: Transport A38 Ulysses.
Rank: Private
Return Vessel: Hororata.
Arrival at Australia: 28 July, 1915.
Discharge Date: 20 March, 1916
War Service Summary
30/04/1915 - Gun Shot wound to neck and shoulder/arm
07/05/1915 - Admitted to Hospital Citadel Cairo
20/06/1915 - Admitted to General Hospital Heliopolis
29/07/1915 - Returned to Australia Honorata
28/02/1916 - Letter request immediate discharge and no pension.
20/03/1916 - Discharged; Spent a number of months treatment Hospitals in Melbourne before discharge. Refused Pension.
08/01/1920 Statutory Declaration re correct spelling of name.
09/01/1920 Letter requesting name change on records
15/01/1920 - Official approval to change records because enlistment was under an assumed name Gault. Confirms correct name Galt.
31/08/1923 Correspondence dispatched to Toolern Vale.
War Service Commemerated
Life After the War
Married Edith Gladys Nash (1894-1971) 1918 Reg # 6600
Children:
David Ernest
Place/s of residence:
Toolern Vale
Prahran
Kia Ora, 23 Crown Terrace, Ascot Vale
Occupations: Labourer
Military Clerk
Apiarist
Date of death: 21/03/1949
Place of burial:
Fawkner Crematorium
Other relevant information:
Worked for Venon Davey Apiarist, Toolern Vale
Statutory Declaration to alter name from Gault to Galt dated 15th Jan 1920
Additional Information
Melton Express
Saturday 7 September 1918, P 2
TOOLERN VALE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Planting the Honor Avenue
took place in the Toolern Park on Saturday last. The scheme adopted involved two concave semi-circles, facing the road, the converging points being 16ft. apart. Between these two points it is intended to erect the Honor Tablet, when the design has been approved; two specially selected shrubs were planted at this point, known as Thuja Doniana, a new and very handsome type of evergreen. The rest of the trees are golden cypresses. The line of the semi-circles was arranged well in advance of the cypress hedge (which was planted three years ago) and forms a background to the whole plantation. The blend of coloring from the golden-tinted trees against the dark green hedge will give a very fine effect in a few years time. The planting was carried, out under supervision and the trees well watered and thoroughly mulched to preserve the moisture on account of the lateness of the season for planting.
The list of those who enlisted from the North Riding contains 20 names and a corresponding number of
trees were planted. Precedence was given in the order of planting to those who have made the supreme sacrifice. The list is as follows:- R. J. Wynne, A. Cameron, H. Foster, W. G. Hogg, A. G. Tedcastle, E. Cameron, N. Cameron, J. Clarke, J. S. Farrell, O. Jurd, A. Lachmund, S. J. T. McCorkell, R. J. MacPherson, A. P. Missen, G. A. G. Smith, G. Snowden, R. Gault, D. Cameron, J. H. Bartrop, R. Bartrop. …..
The Argus
22 March 1949, page 9
GALT.—On March 21 (suddenly), at his residence. Kia Ora, 23 Crown terrace, Ascot Vale, Robert, dearly beloved husband of Gladys, loving father of David, loved brother of Elizabeth, William, Mary, Jim (deceased), Jean, Charles, and Belle.
—An Anzac.
ROBERT GALT will leave our parlours, 678 Mt. Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds THIS DAY
(Tuesday), at 2 o'clock, for the Fawkner Crematorium.
JOSEPH ALLISON PTY. LTD.
Sources
Nominal Roll
Newspaper accounts