Basic Details
Surname
Pledger
Forenames
Robert P
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Robert Portway
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 2 Lime Tree Avenue.

(CWGC records that Trooper Robert Portway Pledger, regimental number 333, died aged 26 on 25/9/1918 serving in 11th Battalion of the Australian Light Horse, and is buried in grave B.56 at Haifa War Cemetery in Israel and Palestine. They record him as the son of Leopold and Annie Pledger of The Willows, Lime Tree Avenue, Peterborough. Robert Portway Pledger's birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1892. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents Leopold and Annie at Norfolk House, Lime Tree Avenue. The Passenger manifest records that he sailed on 1/10/1909 from Liverpool to Brisbane, Australia aboard the Otranto).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Australian Light Horse
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Trooper
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Palestine
Town of death
Semak
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
25
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
2, LIME TREE AVE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial