ROCKLIFF, Robert Edward
| Service Number: | 2015 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Junee Junction, New South Wales, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | James Street State School, Perh, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Compositor |
| Died: | Died of wounds - thigh, Malta, 4 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plot B, Row 1V, Grave 6 Chaplain Rev. G. Pearse officiated Headstone inscription reads: Not dead but gone before, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2015, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 29 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2015, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2015, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 20 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2015, 11th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the thigh/leg later transferred to the hospital ship HS Sicilia for Malta |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Bullen Rockliff and Elizabeth Mary Tulloch formerly Rockliff of 19 Ocean Road, Cottesloe, WA formerly Aberdeen Street, Perth, WA.
Brother of George Henry Rockliff who returned to Australia on 23 July 1919 having served with the Howitzer Brigade; Harold John Rockliff who returned to Australia on 17 June 1918 having served with the 11th Battalion; William Hudson Rockliff MC MID who returned to Australia on29 June 1919 having served with the 44th Battalion
He had been promoted to the rank of Sergeant( date not known) but on 17 June 1915 he was reverted to Private at his own request
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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