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ROLLASON, Alfred Andrew
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX24020 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Divisional Supply Column (AASC) |
| Born: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 11 March 1911 |
| Home Town: | Spotswood, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Northcote State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Boilermakers Assitant |
| Died: | War Related Illness/Injuries, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital , Victoria, Australia, 11 October 1948, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England Section Plot 5 Row35/5 // Death Notice has D.O.B as 11 March 1908. |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 7 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX24020 | |
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| 7 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX24020, 7th Division Supply Column AASC, Enlisted Caulfield Victoria allocated to 7th Division AASC at Puckapunyal Camp on 9th June 1940. | |
| 4 Apr 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, 7th Division Supply Column AASC, Qualified as Driver Mechanised Grade 3 in the Middle East. | |
| 8 Apr 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, VX24020, 7th Division Supply Column AASC, Siege of Tobruk, In support of defensive operations at Tobruk April-December 1941. | |
| 13 Jan 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 6th Divisional Supply Column (AASC) | |
| 13 Mar 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, VX24020, 6th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), Australia's Front Line (incl Darwin Defenders), RTA to 4MD Adelaide for Defense of Australia. | |
| 21 Aug 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, VX24020, 6th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2, Disembark Gili Gili Milne Bay for operations | |
| 21 Mar 1943: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, VX24020, 6th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2, Evacuated Malaria Severe reoccurring till 30 June 1943. To 2/3rd CCS for treatment and convalescence In NG. | |
| 24 Oct 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, VX24020, 6th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), RTA 1MD Cairns Queensland with Unit for Rest and Reorganisation till November 1944. | |
| 27 Nov 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX24020 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Wife Olive Rollason of Paxton Street Spotswood Victoria / Father of Pat and Peter. (1948).