Roland Hermann RIEBE

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Service Numbers:	2771, 2771B
Enlisted:	23 August 1915, Adelaide South Australia Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tanunda South Australia Australia, 21 January 1896
Home Town:	Tanunda, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Tanunda Public School
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Died of Wounds - Gun Shot Wound, Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais France, 4 October 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France (I. D. 8.) Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France, Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tanunda Roll of Honor, Tanunda War Memorial

23 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia Australia
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2771, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 15 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note:
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2771, 27th Infantry Battalion
26 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2771, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Third Ypres
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2771, 10th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2771B, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2771B awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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One of several men from Tanunda to enlist in the AIF together on the same day, he did so on the 23rd of August 1915.

He embarked with reinforcements of the 27th Battalion on 27 October 1915 at Outer Harbourer on HMAT Benalla (A24)

Later transferred to the 10th Battalion

He died of wounds he received at Polygon Wood during the attack on Menin Road.