ROSEMOND, John Gibson
| Service Number: | 2655 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Canterbury, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Spleno-medullary Leukaemia & Asthenia, 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, England, 2 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot XI, Row 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canterbury Public School War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2655, 7th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Driver, 2655, 7th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Driver, 2655, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 2nd September…… Driver John Gibson Rosemond was born at Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales in 1891. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 1st September, 1915 as a 24 year old Confectioner from Canterbury, Sydney, NSW.
Driver John Rosemond embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 30th November, 1915 with the 7th Field Company Engineers. He embarked from Alexandria on 14th March, 1916 & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 19th March, 1916.
Driver Rosemond was on Leave to England from 30th June, 1917 & rejoined 7th Field Company, Engineers on 13th July, 1917.
Driver Rosemond was sent sick to 29th Casualty Clearing Station on 14th July, 1917 – P.U.O. (Pyrexia (fever) of unknown origin). He was transferred to No. 2 Ambulance Train on 17th July, 1917 & admitted to 9th General Hospital at Rouen, France the same day. Driver Rosemond was diagnosed with Leukaemia & was transferred to England on Hospital Ship St. George on 22nd July, 1917. He was admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, England on 24th July, 1917 with Leukaemia.
Driver John Gibson Rosemond died at 8.50 pm on 2nd September, 1917 at 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, England from Spleno-medullary Leukaemia & Asthenia.
He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England where around 360 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
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