Robert Little (SN 232/2nd Lt.) born in Melbourne, was a married 25 year old boot maker at the time of his enlistment in Ballarat on September 12th 1914. Assigned to the 14th Infantry Battalion, he embarked from Melbourne on December 22nd aboard the Ulysses. He served at Gallipoli where he received a thigh wound during the August Offensive, but on August 22nd he was evacuated to hospital in Egypt suffering from gastritis. He did not return to Gallipoli. In March 1916, now at the rank of Company Sergeant Major, he was transferred to the 46th Battalion for a short period of time before a further transfer to the School of Instruction in England. In September 1917 he returned to France but just two weeks later on October 1st he suffered concussion and a gunshot wound to his back and was evacuated to England. In May 1918 he commenced officer training in England which culminated in him being commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in December, after hostilities had ceased. He returned to Australia aboard the Karmala and was discharged on April 16th 1919.

His brother William also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.