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1894 - 1915 (21 years)

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Name Robert Percival Witham

Born 1894 Omeo, Victoria, Australia

Gender Male

Military Service 19 Aug 1914 Eastern Hill, Victoria, Australia

Serviceman 721, Robert signed up for service in the 6th Australian Imperial Force. However, he was reported "Missing" on 25 April 1915 in Gallipoli. At a Court of Enquiry on 24 April 1916, he was declared "Killed in Action". His Military Service records can be found at the National Archives of Australia. The full story of the Gallipoli Peninsula Landings and the Anzacs, can be found here.

Died 25 Apr 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey

This article was published in The Bairnsdale Advertiser on 24 April 2015 as part of their Anzac Supplement.

Buried

CWGC Commemoration: Witham, Robert Percival (1915)
Missing, declared "Killed in Action"
Plot: Panel 27.

Siblings 6 siblings

+	1. John David George Witham b. 1891, Omeo, Victoria, Australia d. 1955, Yarragon, Victoria, Australia (Age 64 years) ▻ Margaret Winifred (Hunter) Cutting , m. 1918
+	2. James Albert Witham b. 1892, Omeo, Victoria, Australia d. 1959, Beaconsfield, Victoria, Australia (Age 67 years) ▻ Hilda Florence Hodgson , m. 1922
+	3. Samuel Arthur Witham b. 1896 d. 1950, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (Age 54 years) ▻ Kathleen Constance Graham , m. 1919
+	4. Walter Leslie Witham b. 1898, Omeo, Victoria, Australia d. 1976, Malvern, Victoria, Australia (Age 78 years) ▻ Eileen Bernice Tinsdale , m. 1926
	5. Matilda Irene Witham b. 27 Jan 1903, Cassilis, Victoria, Australia d. 2003, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 99 years) ▻ Wilfred John Oswald Chandler , m. 1926 ; John Alexander Forsyth
	6. Roy Morrison Witham b. 1908, Tongio West, Victoria, Australia d. 1959, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 51 years) ▻ Winifred Sarah Bricknell , m. 1942

Person ID I6491 Mitchell Families

Last Modified 28 May 2008

Father	John Witham (ID:I1949) b. 1858, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia d. 1923, Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia (Age 65 years)
Mother	Mary Phoebe Ellen Richmond (ID:I6482) b. 1862, Ovens River, Victoria, Australia d. 1930, Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia (Age 68 years)
Married	1890	Victoria, Australia
Family ID	F1708	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 1894 - Omeo, Victoria, Australia
	Military Service - 19 Aug 1914 - Eastern Hill, Victoria, Australia
	Died - 25 Apr 1915 - Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey

Pin Legend

Birth	1887	Omeo, Victoria, Australia
Died	1955	Victoria, Australia

Father	Alexander McMillan Forsyth
Mother	Isabella Davidson b. Taragower, Victoria, Australia
Married	1880	Maldon, Victoria, Australia

Family 1	Barbara Johnston b. 1891, Omeo, Victoria, Australia

Family 2	Matilda Irene Witham b. 27 Jan 1903, Cassilis, Victoria, Australia

Birth	27 Jan 1903	Cassilis, Victoria, Australia
Died	2003	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Father	John Witham b. 1858, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
Mother	Mary Phoebe Ellen Richmond b. 1862, Ovens River, Victoria, Australia
Married	1890	Victoria, Australia

Family 1	Wilfred John Oswald Chandler b. Tasmania, Australia
Married	1926	Victoria, Australia

Family 2	John Alexander Forsyth b. 1887, Omeo, Victoria, Australia

Birth	Tasmania, Australia
Died	1941	Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Family	Matilda Irene Witham b. 27 Jan 1903, Cassilis, Victoria, Australia
Married	1926	Victoria, Australia

Birth	1908	Tongio West, Victoria, Australia
Died	1959	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Father	John Witham b. 1858, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
Mother	Mary Phoebe Ellen Richmond b. 1862, Ovens River, Victoria, Australia
Married	1890	Victoria, Australia

Family	Winifred Sarah Bricknell b. 1907, Fitzroy South, Victoria, Australia
Married	1942	Victoria, Australia

Birth	1907	Fitzroy South, Victoria, Australia

Father	Charles Bricknell b. 1863, Fitzroy South, Victoria, Australia
Mother	Adeline Witham b. 16 Jul 1875, Omeo, Victoria, Australia
Married	1892	Victoria, Australia

Family	Roy Morrison Witham b. 1908, Tongio West, Victoria, Australia
Married	1942	Victoria, Australia