Individual Details

Birth

First name(s) Robert Granville Roy
Last name McCulloch
Sex Male
Birth year 1896
Birth place Maryborough
Father's name Robert
Mother's name Matilda
Mother's last name Perrin
Registration number 13232
State Victoria
Country Australia
Record set Victoria Births
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Births
Collections from Australasia, Australia

Event-Misc

First name(s) Robert
Last name McCulloch
Year 1912
Event date 08 Oct 1912
Role Accused Or Defendant
Court Kyneton Courts
Description Victoria Petty Sessions Registers
Sessions date 29 Jun 1909-24 Mar 1913
Archive reference 2391/P0/Vol.240
State Victoria
Country Australia
Record set Victoria Petty Sessions Registers
Category Institutions & organisations
Subcategory Courts & Legal
Collections from Australasia, Australia

Military

Roy Granville McCULLOCH
Regimental number 6549
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Carpenter
Address Clifton Balaclava Road, Caulfield, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 21
Next of kin Father, R McCulloch, Clifton, Balaclava Road, Caulfield, Victoria
Enlistment date 24 July 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 5th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/22/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 39th Battalion
Fate Returned to Australia 8 April 1918

SOLDIER'S FAREWELL.
PRIVATE ROY McCULLOCH.
On Thursday, September 28, The committee and members of the Oakleigh West football club met at the residence of Mr. Lee. of Oakleigh, president of the dub, to bid farewell to Private Roy McCulloch, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. McCulloch, formerly of Carisbrook, who sailed for the front on October 2. There was a large gathering of ladies and members present.
During the evening the president, on behalf of the club, presented Private McCulloch (who was captain of the club) with a luminous wristlet watch, suitably inscribed. In doing so, Mr. Lee said that, whilst regretting they were losing one of their best players, they were proud to know that he was taking a nobler part in fightnig for his country, and assured him that the best wishes of the team went with him. They hoped he would return to Australia as Major McCulloch.
Private McCulloch said he sincerely thanked the President and members for the very kind remarks and for the presentation, which, as well as being valuable to him, would bring to his mind pleasant recollections of his asso ciation with the residents of Oakleigh. Whilst on the field of battle he hoped to acquit himself creditably.
Mr. Lee then intimated that they had a presentation to make to Signaller Ernie McCulloch, who is also to sail shortly for the front, and who was also up till the time of enlisting one of their promising players. As Signaller McCulloch was unavoidably absent. Mr. Lee said he had much pleasure in hand ing to his brother a wallet as a token of respect, and hoped also that he would return safely to Australia.
After songs and musical items, the meeting closed with the singing of the National Anthem.


5th Battalion AIF (Victoria) [2nd Infantry Brigade]
Formed Victoria in August 1914.
21st Reinforcements departed Melbourne Nestor 2 October 1916.
The 5th Battalion was among the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the First World War. Like the 6th, 7th and 8th Battalions it was recruited from Victoria and, together with these battalions, formed the 2nd Brigade.
The battalion was raised within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914 and embarked just two months later. After a brief stop in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving on 2 December. It later took part in the Anzac landing on 25 April 1915, as part of the second wave. It was led by Lieutenant Colonel D. S. Wanliss, the officer who had raised the battalion. Ten days after the landing the 2nd Brigade was transferred from Anzac to Cape Helles to help in the attack on the village of Krithia. The attack captured little ground but cost the brigade almost a third of its strength. The Victorian battalions forming the 2nd Brigade returned to Anzac to help defend the beachhead, and in August the 2nd Brigade fought at the battle of Lone Pine. The battalion served at Anzac until the evacuation in December.
After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the battalion returned to Egypt and, in March 1916, sailed for France and the Western Front. From then until 1918 the battalion was heavily involved in operations against the German Army. The battalion's first major action in France was at Pozières in the Somme valley in July 1916. After Pozières the battalion fought at Ypres in Flanders then returning to the Somme for winter.
In 1917, the battalion participated in the operations that followed-up the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, and then returned to Belgium to join the great offensive launched to the east of Ypres. In March and April 1918, the battalion helped to stop the German spring offensive. It subsequently participated in the great Allied offensive launched near Amiens on 8 August 1918. The advance by British and empire troops was the greatest success in a single day on the Western Front, one that German General Erich Ludendorff described as “the black day of the German Army in this war”.
The battalion continued operations until late September 1918. At 11 am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent. The November armistice was followed by the peace treaty of Versailles signed on 28 June 1919.
In November 1918 members of the AIF began to return to Australia for demobilisation and discharge. In April, the battalion was so reduced that it and the 8th Battalion were amalgamated to form a composite battalion. In turn, this battalion was amalgamated with another, formed from the 6th and 7th Battalions, to form the 2nd Brigade Battalion.
Casualties
· 970 killed, 2013 wounded (including gassed)
Commanding Officers
· Wanliss, David Sydney
· LeMaistre, Frank William
· Walstab, John
· Luxton, Daniel Aston

Roy was injured and had shrapnel in his leg which caused problems for the rest of his life. The shrapnel used to come out of his leg causing infections.

Marriage

Married by Reverend Hugh McLeod Burns

First name(s) Robert Granville Roy
Last name McCulloch
Sex Male
Marriage year 1919
Spouse's first name(s) Evelyn Victoria
Spouse's last name Hamilton
State Victoria
Country Australia
Record set Victoria Marriages 1836-1942
Registration number 10062
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from Australasia, Australia

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granvill E McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1922
Electoral Place: Caulfield East, Henty, Victoria, Australia
Residence Address: Kambrook rd., Caulfield

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville R McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1924
Electoral Place: Caulfield, Henty, Victoria, Australia

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville It McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1926
Electoral Place: Caufield East, Henty, Victoria, Australia
Residence Address: 40 Kambrook rd., Caul. E

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville R McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1931
Electoral Place: Caulfield East, Henty, Victoria, Australia
NB: 63 Kambrook Rd is parents home.

Divorce

See PDF file: Divorce Record Victoria - Roy McCulloch v Evelyn McCULLOCH 1931.pdf

First name(s) Robert Granville Roy
Last name McCulloch
Role Petitioner
Year 1931
Petition year 1931
Petitioner first name(s) Robert Granville Roy
Petitioner last name Mcculloch
Respondent's first name(s) Evelyn Victoria
Respondent's last name Mcculloch
Case file number 472
State Victoria
Country Australia
Record set Victoria Divorce Cause Books 1861-1938
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from Australasia, Australia

Marriage

Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950
Name: Mavis Catherine Reilly
Gender: Female
Marriage Registration Year: 1932
Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Spouse: Robt Granville Roy McCullock
Reference Number: 7128

Celia Smith says: about 1945 • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Residence

View Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville Roy McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1935
Electoral Place: Malvern, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia
Residence Address: 13 .Soudan St

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1942
Electoral Place: Caulfield, Balaclava, Victoria, Australia

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1949
Electoral Place: Caulfield, Higgins, Victoria, Australia

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1954
Electoral Place: Caulfield, Higgins, Victoria, Australia

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1958
Electoral Place: Ferntree Gully, La Trobe, Victoria, Australia

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1968
Electoral Place: Sherbrooke, La Trobe, Victoria, Australia

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1972
Electoral Place: Sherbrooke, La Trobe, Victoria, Australia

Residence

Address given on Mavis' death certificate.

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville Roy McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1977
Electoral Place: Tally Ho, Nunawading, Victoria, Australia

Residence

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Robert Granville Roy McCulloch
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1980
Electoral Place: Tally Ho, Bruce, Victoria, Australia

Interment of ashes

Cremated Remains Vaults, The Garden of No Distant Place, August, Vault 01 (Place, August, Date 4)