ROSE, William Stanley
| Service Number: | 4972 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Lauriston, Victoria, Australia, 14 August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Kellerberrin, Kellerberrin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers Bretonneux, France, 16 May 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 17 , Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4972, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4972, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, WA | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4972, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4972, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4972, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4972, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm, Shell shock. Rejoined unit 16 August 1916. | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4972, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Polygon Wood | |
| 26 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4972, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), German Spring Offensive 1918, Hebuturne | |
| 16 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4972, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), German Spring Offensive 1918 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Private Bill Rose became a casualty on 16 May, 1918. The 16th Battalion’s war diary described that
day’s events near Villers-Bretonneux:
Wed: May 16th
Enemy artillery more active during last few days. The railway line and the battery positions
immediately north of Battalion headquarters were heavily shelled at intervals during the
afternoon by guns of big calibre. Aeroplanes very busy during the day, and again as soon as
the moon was up. Many bombs were dropped and one man was killed and four others
wounded by one.
Bill Rose was the unlucky soldier killed by the blast. His file contains an extract taken from the unit
war diary that was forwarded to Bill’s next-of-kin.
Source: Jenny Chapman & Trevor Munro
Commemorated in Bendigo Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: William (d. 28 November 1914; bu. Bendigo) and Mary (d. 19 January 1919; bu. Bendigo) ROSE. Native of Lauriston, Victoria
Brother: 4587 Pte John ROSE, 6th Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917.
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