ROCHE, Emile Vivian Hope
| Service Numbers: | 328, 1253 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Newmarket, Victoria, Australia, 21 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Packer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 30, Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 328, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 328, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 2 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 31 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1253, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell shock, remained on duty |
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1253 Private (Pte) Emile Vivian Hope Roche, 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion.
Private Roche, a packer from Melbourne, Victoria, enlisted on the 30th of March 1915. On the 10th of May 1915, Roche embarked from Port Melbourne with A Company, 24th Battalion, on HMAT Euripides.
Roche landed at Gallipoli on the 30th of August 1915, where he served until the December evacuation. In March 1916, he transferred to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion, and arrived in France for service on the Western Front two weeks later.
Roche was killed in action at Flers, France on the 14th of November 1916, aged 20. Originally buried near the town of Bapaume, Roche's remains were later interred at the Warlencourt British Cemetery.
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