Harris ROLBIN

ROLBIN, Harris

Service Number: 1613
Enlisted: 7 December 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Redbank, Manchester, Lancashire, England, February 1890
Home Town: Picton, Wollondilly, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Locomotive fireman
Died: Died of wounds , 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom, 18 January 1917
Cemetery: Blackley Jewish Cemetery
Grave 2856
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board
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7 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1613, 3rd Infantry Battalion
11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1613, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1613, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
26 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1613, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to shoulder

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK

Died on this date - 18th January........Private Harris Rolbin was born at Redbank, Manchester, Lancashire, England in 1890. He came to Australia in 1909 & enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 7th December, 1914 as a 24 year old Locomotive Fireman from Picton, NSW.

Private Rolbin was wounded in action at Gallipoli between 25th April & 2nd May, 1915 (Dates as recorded on Pte Rolbin’s Casualty Form – Active Service). He was admitted to Alexandria Government Hospital on 30th April, 1915. A Medical Report was completed at Convalescent Camp at Mustapha on 29th June, 1915 & he was found to have Rheumatic Fever. The Medical Board recommended that Private Rolbin be discharged as permanently unfit. He requested that he be discharged in England as all his relatives were in England (under normal circumstances soldiers serving in the A.I.F. enlisted in Australia & were discharged in Australia).

Private Rolbin was transferred from Egypt to England on 23rd September, 1915. He was admitted to Reading War Hospital on 5th October, 1915 with a gunshot wound to left shoulder & Rheumatic fever. He was discharged on 11th October, 1915. (Records do not shown any other details until 27th October, 1915 when he was hospitalised & again hospitalised on 4th March, 1916).

Private Rolbin was admitted to at Dykebar War Hospital, Paisley, Scotland on 10th March, 1916 suffering from Dementia praecox. The Hospital Admissions form has the following remarks on Pte Rolbin’s condition: “Remained in an acutely hallucinated state for some months, and dementia then set in and has been gradually deepening with signs of general cerebral atrophy.”

Private Harris Rolbin died at 2.35 am on 18th January, 1917 at Dykebar War Hospital, Paisley, Scotland from General Cerebro Atrophy. His body was sent to 32 Bellcott Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester from Dykebar War Hospital, Paisley, Scotland & he was privately buried in Blackley Jewish Cemetery, Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire, England

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