ROSCROW, John Leslie
| Service Number: | 32274 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 October 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Long Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Westhoek Ridge, Belgium, 25 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 7), |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Long Gully Uniting Church Gunner John Leslie Roscrow Memorial Plaque, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 32274, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 14 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 32274, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 14 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 32274, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 14 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Belgium. 102nd Battery | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 32274, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 32274, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 25 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 32274, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 32274 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
According to several eyewitness reports (Red Cross file) Gunner Roscrow was killed by direct shell fire at Westhoek Ridge after he had gone back to his dugout to retrieve a pair of boots he had left behind.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
The sad news was conveyed by the Rev. W. H. Holtham to Mr. and Mrs. T. Roscrow, of Grant-street, Long Gully, last week, that their eldest son, Gunner John Leslie Roscrow, had been killed in action in France. Gunner Roscrow left with reinforcements early in the year, and had not been long in France. Previous to enlisting he was employed at Mr. J. Warren's drapery establishment, in Hargreaves-street. He was an active member of the Wilson-street Methodist choir. Gunner Roscrow was 24 years of age and was of fine physique. Another younger son of Mr. Roscrow is also on active service.
Bendigonian (Bendigo), 22 November 1917.
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