Vivian Clement (Viv) ROSE

ROSE, Vivian Clement

Service Number: SX8800
Enlisted: 13 July 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 9th Division Headquarters
Born: Goodwood, SA, 4 January 1914
Home Town: Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: School Teacher
Died: 20 May 1993, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Charleston Methodist Cemetery, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, South Australian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

13 Jul 1940: Involvement Private, SX8800
13 Jul 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
13 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX8800
18 Jul 1945: Discharged
18 Jul 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX8800, 9th Division Headquarters

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Phillip Melanethon ROSE, 25 Kintore Street, Mile End, SA.

Pte. V.C. Rose, who is reported missing, left Australia in the same medical unit as Dr. Raymond T. Binns.  While in Palestine he joined Headquarters 9th Division as a clerk in the offices of the Assistant Director of Medical Services.   Pte. Rose, who is 27, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P.M. Rose, Kintore Street, Mile End.  He was formerly a teacher on the staff of Woodville High School, and before that was at Port Augusta.  He was prominent in University sporting circles in A Grade tennis and A Grade baseball, playing as pitcher in baseball.

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