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ROLLS, James John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3116 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Landport, Portsmouth, Southhampton, UK, 30 March 1876 |
Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Merchant Seaman |
Died: | Shell wounds to ankles and hips, France , 22 August 1918, aged 42 years |
Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France, Cote 80 French National Cemetery, Etinehem, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
23 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3116, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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23 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 3116, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private J. J. ROLLS, of the 43rd Battalion, husband of Mrs. C. Rolls, Bailey-street, Adelaide, died of gunshot wounds in the legs at the 53rd Clearing Station, August 22. Private Rolls, who was 42 years of age, was formerly an employe of the Railways Department.