Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Thorpe, Robert Stanley

Born Sydney New South Wale but living in Hobart Tasmania the son of Robert Thorpe a government messenger he had served with the 93^rd infantry for two years.

He was admitted to the 2^nd Canadian Field Ambulance with gunshot wounds to the head and chest on the 4^th September 1916 and transferred to the 49^th Casualty Clearing Station where he died 13^th September 1916. He was buried in the Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France

In the Legislative Council last evening the President (Hon. Tetley Gant) stated that information had been received of the death of Robert Stanley Thorpe, the junior messenger of the Legislative Council, who had been killed while fighting in France. He said that the late messenger had been a most promising and exemplary officer, and he felt sure that all members of the Council would regret his early decease.

The Mercury 6^th October 1916

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