Albert Henry ROSE

ROSE, Albert Henry

Service Number: 4258
Enlisted: 1 September 1915, Armidale, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 20th Infantry Battalion
Born: Pallamallawa, New South Wales, April 1888
Home Town: Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales
Schooling: Moree Superior Public School
Occupation: Station hand
Died: Killed in Action, France, 11 November 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Moree All Saints Anglican Church Honour Board, Moree Superior Public School WW1 Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4258, Armidale, New South Wales
11 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4258, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4258, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
20 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4258, 20th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...4258 Private Albert Henry Rose, 20th Battalion, of Moree, NSW. Prior to enlistment in September 1915 Pte Rose worked as a station hand in Barraba, NSW. He left Australia for France aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) with the 10th Reinforcements on 11 March 1916. Pte Rose was killed in action in the Gueudecourt Sector, France on 11 November, 1916. He was 28 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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