Joseph (Joe) RORKIN

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RORKIN, Joseph

Other Name:	Rovkin, Joseph - Australian War Memorial - Roll of Honour
Service Numbers:	NX73811, N280456
Enlisted:	17 September 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 3 December 1925
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Hallam Valley Public School and Scotch College Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Factory Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua , 7 November 1942, aged 16 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 6. Row D. Grave 17. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY HIS PARENTS AND SISTERS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kokoda Track Memorial Rose Garden, Victorian Jewish War Memorial

World War 2 Service

17 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX73811, 3 Infantry Battalion AMF
17 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Private, N280456, Paddington, New South Wales
7 Nov 1942:	Involvement Private, NX73811, 3 Infantry Battalion AMF
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX73811, 3 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Judy Baxt

Joe was born in Poland in 1925. His parents Grisha and Dasha had left their hometown of Minsk. Both his parents served in World War I with the Russian Army and had experienced anti-semitism. They wanted a better life for their family after the Russian Revolution.

They arrived in Melbourne in 1927. They lived in the small country town of Berwick where the family grew. In 1930 they moved to Melbourne where Joe went to Scotch College and his older sister Phylis went to MLC.

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