ROCHE, James
| Service Number: | 1766 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Prahran, Vic, January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Balwyn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France - near Pozieres, 31 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Albert Communal Extension Cemetery Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Albert, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1766, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1766, 29th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1766, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 31 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1766, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1766 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-31 |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Pte James Hungerford William ROCHE
Regimental Number: 1766 (same as 1771)
Unit name: 4th Pioneer Battalion, Engineers
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Cook
Address: Jurang Road, Balwyn, Vic.
Age at embarkation: 30 years and 5 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 18 May 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs. Laura Stewart, Jurang Road, Balwyn, Vic. (His father was James Hungerford Roche, Mrs. Stewarts’s first husband, who died in 1895, Vic.)
Rank on enlistment: Private
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 October 1915. The ship departed Fremantle, WA on 29 December 1915.
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll: 4th Pioneer Battalion, Engineers
Campaigns Served: France
War Service/Promotions: Allotted to and proceeded to join 46th Battalion. Attached to depot 18 May 1915. On 6 March 1916, at Zeitoun Egypt, Taken on Strength in the 46th Battalion and transferred on 15 March 1915, at Tel-el-Kebir from 46th Battalion to 4th Pioneer Battalion (Engineers) as a Sapper. Proceeded to BEF from Alexandria, Egypt on 4 June 1916, arriving in Marselles, France on 11 June 1916.
Fate: Killed in action, 31 July 1916, in the Field, France
Place of Death: France, somewhere near Pozieres.
Place of Burial/Cremation: Buried Albert Military Cemetery Extension, 16 September 1916 (I.L.35, grave 430)
Panel Number Roll of Honour AWM: 174
Honour Rolls:
Recommendations (Medals & Awards):
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal. The Victory Medal was received by his mother 21 February 1923; Memorial Scroll & King's Message on 19 January 1922; Memorial Plaque on 8 August 1922. His mother also received his effects on 19 October 1917. His effects were his identity disc, Testament, letters, Gospel of St. Matthew and Stationery.
Remembered with Honour
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