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ROSE, Reuben Charles
Service Number: | 560 |
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Enlisted: | 25 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Moonta, South Australia, 6 September 1895 |
Home Town: | Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia |
Schooling: | Moonta Mines School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 August 1918, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Moonta Soldiers' Aid League Roll of Honour, Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta Mines Male Voice Choir Roll of Honour, Moonta Mines Public School Roll of Honour WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
25 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 560, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 560, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 560, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 560, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
30 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 560, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
26 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 560, 43rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 560 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-26 |
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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private R. C. ROSE, of the 43rd Battalion, who was killed in action in France on August 26, would have been 23 years old on September 6. He was the youngest son of Mrs. Rose, of Moonta, where he was born. After leaving school he obtained employment in the Moonta Mining Company's assay office, and shortly afterwards was transferred to Wallaroo Mines. He enlisted in January, 1916, and sailed on June 9. After training on Salisbury Plains he went to France in November, 1916. Except for a few days' furlough in Scotland, he had been fighting ever since. He took a keen interest in local sport, and was the secretary of the East Moonta Football Club. He was also an active and popular member of the Moonta. Mines Male Voice Choir, as well as of the South Church choir, and assistant secretary of the Sunday-school. He was connected with the Moonta Mines Love and Unity Tent. The father of the young soldier and his brother met their deaths by accidents.