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ROHRLACH, Charles August

Service Numbers:	629, S213253
Enlisted:	30 November 1914
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
Born:	Truro. South Australia, 4 December 1887
Home Town:	Blanchetown, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Truro Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Natural Causes, Port Adelaide, South Australia, 19 August 1970, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Plot : Road 1 South Memorial ID. 162423294
Memorials:	Blanchetown & District WW1 Memorial

World War 1 Service

30 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 629, 9th Light Horse Regiment
12 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 629, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
12 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 629, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
16 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 629, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Disembarked Gallipoli 16. 05. 1915.
27 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 629, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Withdrawal from Gallipoli, embarked on H.M.T Caledonia, disembarked Alexandria, Egypt 27. 12. 1915
12 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Charles located in vicinity of Serapeum in Palestine since 27. 2. 1916.
10 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 9th Light Horse Regiment
10 Jul 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal

World War 2 Service

9 May 1940:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
9 May 1940:	Enlisted Corporal, S213253
31 Aug 1945:	Discharged Sergeant, S213253, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Enlisted and served as Charles Rohrlack