Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roderick William Urquhart
Roderick William Urquhart
Rank: Lieutenant [Lt]
Unit: 8th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1916
Cemetery or memorial details: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
War Grave Register notes: URQUHART, Lt. Roderick William. 8th Australian Light Horse. 7th Aug., 1916. Age 29. Son of Roderick Robert and Mary Helen Urquhart, of Boonerah, Hexham, Victoria, Australia. Native of Yangery, Victoria.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Roderick William Urquhart from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 39 |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Station manager |
| Address | Boonerah, Hexham, Vicham, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 28 |
| Next of kin | Father, R R Urquhart, Boonerah, Hexham, Victoria |
| Enlistment date | 18 December 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | DVR (MT) |
| Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Brigade, Headquarters |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/3/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 25 February 1915 |
| Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 7 August 1916 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 6 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Roderick Robert and Mary Helen URQUHART, Boonerah, Hexham, Victoria. Native of Yangery, Victoria |
Lest We Forget
Additional Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1919
Citation: 8th LHR, Roll of Honour, Roderick William Urquhart
