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Service Number:	701
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Hartlepool, England, 1878
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 701, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 701, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 701, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 701, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the heel

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Son of Margaret Roke of 44 Dunning Street, Sunderland, Durham, England later of 14 Little John Street, Seaham Harbour

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal