Arthur Segbert ROMETCH

Arthur Segbert ROMETCH Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

ROMETCH, Arthur Segbert

Service Number:	3089
Enlisted:	25 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 5 November 1881
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Hobart State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Cab proprietor
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot XXIII, Row B, Grave No. 23. EVER REMEMBERED
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

25 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3089, 40th Infantry Battalion
10 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 3089, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 3089, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide

Help us honour Arthur Segbert Rometch's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Arthur’s father was of German ancestry and had passed away in 1898 when Arthur was about 17 years of age (original surname was Romesch). His mother was Mrs. Priscilla Rometch, and he was a brother of Mr. George Rometch of Webster, Rometch Ltd., Hobart. Arthur was a single man, and prior to enlisting was apparently involved in the family coaching business.

His brother, 2930 Pte. Frank Rudolph Rometch 20th Battalion AIF (served as Frank Henry Ward) had been killed in action on 2 January 1917, aged 36.

Arthur was killed in action 13th October 1917 at Passchendaele Belgium whilst stretcher bearing and is commemorated in the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. Reported missing in 1917 his remains were found in 1920 and identified by a receipt in his possession.

An eye witness to his death stated "I saw him killed at Ypres. We were stretcher-bearing and a shell landed amongst us which killed him instantly. I was wounded soon afterwards myself while endeavouring to get in a wounded man and I do not know the place of burial."

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia