Ernest Frederick (Fred) ROGASCH

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ROGASCH, Ernest Frederick

Service Number:	5685
Enlisted:	25 April 1916, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dimboola, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Rainbow, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	Rainbow, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rainbow War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5685, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5685, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
20 Mar 1917:	Involvement Private, 5685, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5685 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-20

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Biography contributed

Ernest Frederick ROGASCH was born in Dimboola in Victoria in 1891

His parents were Johann Karl Heinrich ROGASCH & Eleanore Mathilda (Matilda) STEICKE

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 25 and a son of Mr. J. C. H. and Mrs. E. M. Rogasch, of Rainbow, Victoria.

His brother, Gustav Adolph Rogasch also with the 21st Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F. fell same day and is also commemorated on the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL

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