Archibald Oswald ROHDE

ROHDE, Archibald Oswald

    Service Number: 51448
    Enlisted: 17 August 1917, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 20th reinforcement’s 23rd Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 19th September 1917.
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: Depot Units of Supply
    Born: Gympie Queensland, Australia, 3 March 1885
    Home Town: Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
    Schooling: Gympie State School Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Indent Agent
    Died: Natural Causes , Gympie Queensland, Australia, 8 January 1970, aged 84 years
    Cemetery: Gympie Cemetery, Qld
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51448, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 20th reinforcement’s 23rd Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 19th September 1917.
    3 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Depot Battalion, Acting Corporal 1st Recruit Battalion Broadmeadows Camp for duty
    20 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Allocated to 2nd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 20th April 1918
    1 May 1918: Involvement Private, 51448, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    1 May 1918: Embarked Private, 51448, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    3 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 22nd Battalion from 5th Training Battalion UK
    19 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Training Battalion, Posted to Kandahar Barracks Tidworth for duty Rank Acting Corporal
    4 Feb 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Depot Units of Supply, Posted to 19th Depot Unit of Supply in the field France
    30 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 51448, Depot Units of Supply, Discharged 2MD Sydney medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

    Archibald Rohde Married 1915, moved to Melbourne in 1917 to enlist, discharged in Sydney 1919

    Resided Mosman Sydney 1915-1919

    Between the wars , Move back to Gympie , established a Cane Farm in the Goomboorian Q area 

    Served in WW2 as Staff Sergeant Q209547 12th Battalion VDC part time duty 1942-1945.

    Died 1970 age 85 Gympie Queensland 

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