Louis Carl ROTH MC, MID

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ROTH, Louis Carl

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	1 November 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 4 December 1893
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Civil Engineer & Surveyor
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 6 October 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Tincourt New British Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
14 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
11 May 1916:	Wounded Lieutenant, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, GSW and Shell wound (chest and arm)
13 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
5 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Montbrehain, 2nd occasion - GSW (abdomen)
6 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1918-10-06

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Biography

"...2nd Lieutenant Louis Carl Roth... A civil engineer and surveyor of Elsternwick, he later served in the First World War, progressing from Lieutenant to Captain of the 2nd Pioneer Battalion, and was awarded a Military Cross (MC) on 18 April 1918. On 6 October 1918 he died of wounds received whilst serving in France, aged 24 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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