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DRISCOLL, Rowland Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 913 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, November 1891 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Kilda Christian Brothers College |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 October 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 913, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 913, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 913, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 30 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 913, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 913, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...913 Private Rowland Edward Driscoll, 23rd Battalion. A clerk from St Kilda, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Driscoll enlisted embarked with C Company from Melbourne on HMAT Euripides on 10 May 1915. He was killed in action on 21 October 1915 at Gallipoli, aged 23, and was originally interred in the Brown's Dip South Cemetery, Anzac. Following the Armistice his remains were exhumed and re-interred in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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