Rollo John ROFE

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Service Number:	6318
Enlisted:	1 December 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwood, South Australia, 24 January 1892
Home Town:	Riverton, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia
Schooling:	Burra, Unley & Gladstone State Schools
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 June 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Borre British Cemetery Plot II, Row A, Grave 13, Borre British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oodla Wirra Roll of Honor WW1, Peterborough Oodla Wirra Town Hall Roll of Honor WW1, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board, Riverton Methodist Church Honour Roll WW1

1 Dec 1915:	Enlisted
28 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6318, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6318, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
3 Jun 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 6318, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6318 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-06-03

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Rollo John ROFE was born on 24th January, 1892 in Norwood, South Australia

His parents were William Henry ROFE & Emily Marion COLLINS

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His brother Malcolm Thomas ROFE (SN682) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1916