Karl Joseph ROLLINS

ROLLINS, Karl Joseph

Service Number: 2538
Enlisted: 19 May 1916, 19 May 1916 - enlisted Geelong 7 Sep 1916 - embarked Melbourne 29 Oct 1916 - disembarked Plymouth 16 Nov 1916 - training camp Codford, England 11 Dec 1916 - discharged from hospital; mumps 4 Feb 1917 - proceeded to Etaples, France 12 Feb 1917 - taken on strength 46th Bn 11 Apr 1917 - killed in action, Bullecourt, France
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion
Born: Geelong, Victoria, Australia, February 1893
Home Town: Lovely Banks, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Batesford Moorabool Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Batesford Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Lovely Banks State School No 1497 Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

19 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2538, 46th Infantry Battalion, 19 May 1916 - enlisted Geelong 7 Sep 1916 - embarked Melbourne 29 Oct 1916 - disembarked Plymouth 16 Nov 1916 - training camp Codford, England 11 Dec 1916 - discharged from hospital; mumps 4 Feb 1917 - proceeded to Etaples, France 12 Feb 1917 - taken on strength 46th Bn 11 Apr 1917 - killed in action, Bullecourt, France
7 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2538, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2538, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Leigh Treyvaud

 

A NEW Bell Post Hill housing estate is honouring the ulti­mate sacrifice of a young local farmer in World War I.

The estate, Hill 104, is named after the high ground above the Australian National Memorial at Villers-­Bretonneux, France where Private Karl Rollins’s sacrifice is honoured.

The residential estate’s main thoroughfare will be Karl St in honour of the soldier who was killed in action at Bullecourt on April 11, 1917, aged 24