Robert D. Desmond

Robert D. Desmond served with the AIF in Gallipoli and France during World War I.

History
In January 1917, it was noted that he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant: "Mr and Mrs D. Desmond., of Redan, have received word that their son, Sergeant R. D. Desmond, has gained his commission as lieutenant in the A.I.F. Lieut. Desmond was in the fighting at Gallipoli for 17 weeks, and in France for 10 months. He left Australia as a gunner in the machine gun section attached to the 21st Battalion, 6th Infantry Brigade, two years ago."

He was killed in action at Bullecourt on 3 May 1917, and his name is on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He is included in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour, Tree No. 2672.