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ROCHE, Maurice Richard
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX5269 |
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Enlisted: | 13 June 1940, Wayville, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Yarrawonga, Victoria, 23 March 1913 |
Home Town: | Hanwood, Griffith, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 11 July 1942, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
13 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX5269, Wayville, South Australia | |
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13 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX5269, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
14 Jun 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, SX5269, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
11 Jul 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, SX5269, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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