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ROGASCH, Gustav Adolph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5688 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Enlisted at Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, taken on as 15th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Greenock, South Australia, Australia, 20 September 1884 |
| Home Town: | Rainbow, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Greenock Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 March 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbells Forest State School Roll of Honor WW1, Rainbow War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5688, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, taken on as 15th Reinforcements | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5688, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5688, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Involvement Private, 5688, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5688 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-20 | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5688, 21st Infantry Battalion, Killed in Action in France - |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His brother, Ernest Frederick Rogasch, also with the 21st Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F. fell same day and is also commemorated on the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL.
He was 32 and a son of Mr. J. C. H. and Mrs. E. M. Rogasch, of Rainbow, Victoria.
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