Captain Robert Rainy Harper

Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant
Birth Date 1894-02-18
Death Date 1941-05-02
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Final Rank Captain
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Melbourne
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1916-09-26
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1916-12-08
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-12-14
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    20th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    20th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    26 September 1916 on page 9421 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    14 December 1916 on page 3386 at position 5
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    20th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    08 December 1916 on page 12040 at position 3
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 April 1917 on page 927 at position 4
  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    20th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    20th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 255 at position 87
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1393 at position 12
  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    20th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

Timeline

Date of birth 18 February 1894
Date of enlistment 10 May 1915
Date of embarkation 06 June 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 16 August 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 18 August 1916
Date returned to Australia 31 December 1916
Date of death 02 May 1941