Henry Hawthorn ROSE

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Service Number:	6392
Enlisted:	15 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Broadwater, Western Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Balkuling, Beverley, Western Australia
Schooling:	Private tuition
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in action, France, 15 April 1918
Cemetery:	Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension Row A, Grave No. 15.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, York District Great War Honour Board

15 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6392, 28th Infantry Battalion
29 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 6392, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 6392, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle
23 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Machine Gun Company

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His older brother, 5773 Pte. Christopher Samuel Rose 44th Battalion AIF had been killed in action in Belgium on 14 October 1917, aged 37.

A third brother, Vernon Herbert Rose 11th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia during April 1919.

They were the sons of George and Alice Rose, of Balkuling, Western Australia.