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ROOKE, David Sidney
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 3436, W66660 |
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Enlisted: | 20 November 1916, Geralton |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 October 1880 |
Home Town: | Greenough, Geraldton-Greenough, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Rabbit Inspector |
Died: | Natural causes, Claremont, Western Australia, Australia, 2 May 1949, aged 68 years |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan, Section FA, Grave 0510 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Geralton | |
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29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), 1st Passchendaele, GSW left eye | |
24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Villers-Bretonneux, GSW right thigh | |
6 Nov 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HT Marathon, Plymouth for return to Australia - arriving Fremantle 24 December 1918 | |
5 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Medically unfit |
World War 2 Service
22 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W66660 |
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