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Name

Robert Albert Featherstonhaugh Wooster

 Birth: 20 September 1885, Adelaide, South Australia

 Death: 04 October 1917, Broodseinde, Zonnebecke, Belgium        Tree

 Service: Army, 43rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement

 Occupation: Shop assistant

 Service Number: 2809

 Rank: Private

 War service: Western Front

 

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1914/15 Star

Enlistment Date: 28 October 1916, Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A35

Berrima on 16 December 1916

Enlistment documentation, including Robert's wish to be known as Featherstonhaugh:

 

 

Letter sent by Robert to the Barrier Miner, published on 15 April 1917.

Service Documentation - Service Statements:

 

Medical history:

Killed in Action 4 October 1917, Battle of Broodseinde, Zonnebecke Belgium

Documentation:

Broodseinde with four German shells exploding near the Australian trenches.

Broodseinde, fought on 4 October 1917, was the next operation launched by the British Second Army as part of the Third Battle of Ypres after Polygon Wood (q.v.). In an operation involving twelve divisions advancing on a front of thirteen kilometres, the centre comprised I and II Anzac Corps fighting side by side for the first time. The former had been sideslipped about three kilometres north, so that its front now lay opposite the village of Broodseinde, and If Anzac was brought into the line on its left. Along slightly more than 4.5 kilometres of front there were now four Anzac divisions in line, in order from left to right (north to south): New Zealand, 3rd, 2nd and 1st Australian. While the New Zealanders faced Abraham Heights, the Australians had as their objective the main ridge which adjoined these at Broodseinde.

Letter to Robert's Mother and his will:

Return of Robert's effects:

 

Robert's Medals and Memorial Scroll:

Schedule:

Medal disposal letter:

Receipts for Memorial Scroll, Plaque and Victory Medal:

 

Broken Hill War Memorial

 

Sources: Ray Wooster, Virtual War Memorial Australia  

 

  Page last updated

  10 January 2022