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MARKS, Roger
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1858 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Memorials: | St Mark's HR Islington, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
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World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1916: | Enlisted Private, 1858, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 1858, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1858, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1858, 34th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 5 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Promoted Temp Cpl on 18/5/1918 | |
| 25 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 3 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 3 Jul 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1858, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 20 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1858, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 25 May 1920: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, At Bony, France, during the fighting on the morning of 29 September, 1918, he became separated from the infantry to which he was attached, eventually getting his guns into position in Top Lane Trench. The enemy made a determined attempt to bomb him out, but he and his gun team fought them off with their revolvers and rifles.' |
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