John Henry ROOTES

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Service Number:	2898
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Home Town:	Ulverstone, Tasmania
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ulverstone Baptist Church Honour Roll, Ulverstone Shrine of Remembrance, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2898, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2898, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 2898, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2898 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-15

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