Jacob ROACH

Badge Number: 94378
94378

ROACH, Jacob

Service Numbers: 615, 615A
Enlisted: 31 October 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Moonta, South Australia, 4 September 1894
Home Town: Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Electrician
Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, 6 May 1974, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

31 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
21 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 615, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Thirty-Six embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 615, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Thirty-Six, Newcastle
11 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 615A, 43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Wounded 615, 43rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Brothers:  5851 James Barkla Roach (/explore/people/331869) (returned and discharged 14 Aug 1919) and 5850 Douglas Peter Roach (/explore/people/342348) (died of wounds 05 Jul 1918 - Rouen, France)