ROSE, James Hedley
| Service Number: | 3592 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Uraemia chronic clomerule nephritis, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 11 March 1941, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3592, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3592, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3592, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 28 Feb 1916: | Transferred 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3592, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 14 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, 3592, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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James was born in Adelaide, South Australia. His parents William Rose and Mary Rose have a plaque in the South Australian Garden of Remembrance.
He enlisted in the AIF on the 19th of August 1915, embarked from Adelaide to the 27th battalion as the 8th reinforcement on the 12th of January 1916. However, he transferred to the 10th battalion when he arrived in Egypt in February 1916. After travelling to Feance with his unit, he was wounded in action (in the face) on 17th June 1916. Although soon returning to duty, he was wounded for the second time at Pozières on 23 August, this time in the hand. He spent the rest of the year recovering in England and rejoined his unit on 15h February 1917. Twelve days later he was badly wounded by a shell: his service record lists "GSW face, chest, eye, frac skull". After several weeks of treatment in France he was moved to England and from here, in July 1917, he sailed home. He was medically discharged on 14th December 1917.
On the 11th of March 1941, James died at the age of 52. The cause of his death was the Uremia chronic clomerule nephritis. His body was buried in the Adelaide cemetery.
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