ROLLINS, Percival John
| Service Number: | 2012 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1916, Broadmeadows, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Curlewis, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Curlewis, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No. 6, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Geelong War Memorial, Leopold State School Honor Roll, Leopold and District Residents Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2012, 58th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic. | |
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| 8 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2012, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 2012, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne | |
| 25 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2012, 58th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Leigh Treyvaud
Whilst serving with the 58th Btn he was killed in action in France on 25 Mar 1917 just prior to the First Battle of Bullecourt fought on 11 April 1917. Army records show he was first buried at ‘Sunken Road, front of Morchies near Bapaume’. It appears his body was recovered from that grave and then reburied at Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France in Plt 8. Row D. Grave 6.
Personal effects of a damaged watch, identity disc, wallet, note book, letters and coins were returned to his mother in Nov 1917.
ROLLINS -Killed in action, in France, March 25th 1917, Pte Percival John, the second dearly beloved son of John and Miriam Rollins, and brother George, Mrs. Sloan, Ellen, Thomas, Victoria, Frederick, Ruby, Lily, Pte. Martin (wounded)
Argus 5 May 1917 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1615596
His brother Martin was KIA at Messines Ridge, Belgium on 10 Jun 1917 and is buried in an unknown grave but memorialised at Menin Gate