George ROOKE

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Service Number:	6101
Enlisted:	8 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Army Service Corps
Born:	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia , December 1897
Home Town:	Penrith, Penrith Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 March 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Penrith S P School Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

8 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 6101, 13th Army Service Corps
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6101, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6101, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
10 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6101, 13th Army Service Corps, Gunshot wound right knee. Rejoined unit 11/08/1917
28 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6101, 13th Army Service Corps, Killed in action. No body recovered.

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