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RHODES, Roydon Hamilton
| Service Number: | 683 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 November 1915, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 22 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, Kent Town |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Adelaide, SA, 26 November 1981, aged 90 years |
| Cemetery: |
Payneham Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 683, 8th Machine Gun Company, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 683, 8th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 683, 8th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 18 Oct 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 683, 13th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres |
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Roydon Hamilton Rhodes lived at St Peters and attended Prince Alfred College before joining the Bank of New South Wales in 1908. In this capacity he was posted around the State with the Bank over the next five years, being variously posted to the Adelaide city branch, Port Adelaide Broken Hill and Mount Gambier branches.
When he enlisted on 17 November 1915, he was 24 years old. He listed his mother, Mrs G.E. Rhodes of Fourth Avenue St Peters as his next of kin.
He was enlisted into the 8th Machine Gun Company, attahced to the 8th Brigade in the 5th Division. He embarked for overseas with the 12th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 21 June 1917 aboard HMAT Suevic.
Roydon Rhodes saw action in France with the 4th Machine Gun Battalion, which was a consolidation of the 4th, 12th and 13th Machine Gun companies. Roydon finished the war as a Corporal and returned to Australia on 18 September 1919
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