John (Jack) ROSE

ROSE, John

    Service Number: 4587
    Enlisted: 26 October 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 12 August 1896
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Tack Maker
    Died: Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
    Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 27,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4587, 6th Infantry Battalion
    28 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4587, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    28 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4587, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    25 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4587, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shrapnel wound right thigh
    15 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4587, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Lagnicourt
    20 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4587, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
    4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4587, 6th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Commemorated in Bendigo Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: William (d. 28 November 1914; bu. Bendigo) and Mary (d. 19 January 1919; bu. Bendigo) ROSE. Native of Bendigo, Victoria.

    Brother: 4972 Pte William ROSE, 16th Bn, killed in action, 16 May 1918.

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