ROLFE, Leopold Francis William
| Service Number: | Depot |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots |
| Born: | Ockendon, Essex, England, 18 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Blackburn, Whitehorse, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Enteric & Pneumonia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 18 July 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackburn Memorial, Shire of Nunawading Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 24 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, Depot, Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots |
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Leopold Francis William Rolfe was born on 18 May 1896 at Kemps Farm, Ockendon, Essex, England. He was the youngest child of William Edward L'Oste Rolfe and Mary Ann Ellen Collyer.
He arrived in Albany, Western Australia with his mother and sisters on board the ship Medic on 25 April 1910. The family comprising 7 sons and 4 daughters farmed at Dumbleyung, Pingelly and Beverley in Western Australia before moving to Blackburn in Victoria prior to the outbreak of World War I.
All surviving sons enlisted in the Australian Army, 1 rejected but the other saw service at Gallipoli, Middle East and Europe. All serving brothers survived the war.
Leopold enlisted on 6 July 1915 at Melbourne having had experience with the 10th Light Horse in Western Australia. He ws promoted to Corporal. While serving at the 3rd Squadron Depot at Seymour, in Victoria, he contracted Enteric Fever and Broncho pneumonia and died at the Base Hospital in St Kilda Road, Melbourne at 11.45pm on 24 July 1915.
Leopold was buried at the Box Hill Cemetery, Middleborough Road, Box Hill, Victoria in the Church of England area, Grave Number 817. The grave is a Commonwealth War Grave and supports a brass plaque.
His family received the memorial scroll and plaque and a mesage from the King.
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