LOADER, Roland Eugene Clement
| Service Number: | 1643 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Panmure, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Terang War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1643, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1643, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1643, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Rowland Clement Loader and Sarah Jones Loader nee McConnell of Ternag, Victoria. Brother of Alfred William Loader, Elizabeth Elsie Loader, Annie Loader, Ellen Loader, Hetta Rosanna Loader, Edith Millicent Loader, Frederick James Loader and Mary Loader
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"PRIVATE R. E. C. LOADER.
Private Loader, of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements, was one of the band of gallant Australians killed in action in the fighting in Gallipoli Peninsula. He was the son of Mr. And Mrs. R. C. Loader, of Garvoc, the former being the late manager of the Kirkstall and Panmure creameries. The deceased soldier received his education at the Kirkstall and Framlingham State Schools, and was 19 years of age. He enlisted for active service while in the employ of Mr. H. Quiney of Mortlake, and left for the front on February 28th."
Source: The Warrnambool Standard, Saturday 3rd July, 1915.
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