Robert Convery

Enlistment Date

10/01/1916

Age At Enlistment

Rank On Enlistment

Private

Regimental No.

1105

Battalion

35th Battalion, D Company

Fate

KIA

Fate Date

07/06/1917

Fate Place

Messines, Belgium

Occupation

Miner

Place of Birth

Wallsend, NSW

Religion

Presbyterian

Marital Status

Single

Embarkation Details

Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916

Wallsend-born miner, Robert ‘Panto’ Convery first appeared playing for West Wallsend in 1910 and was a stalwart player for the club for for six seasons. He enlisted in “Newcastle’s Own” 35th Battalion in January 1916. On 7 June 1917 Private Convery was killed in action in the Battle of Messines and buried in an unmarked grave in the field. For ten days he was incorrectly listed as wounded. As such his parents had received incorrect news of his wounding, only tragically to be followed up some time later with the news of his death. He was 25 years of age.