Alfred James ROSE MM

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Service Number:	567
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Train
Born:	Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, September 1886
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Locomotive driver
Memorials:

22 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 567, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 567, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Hymettus, Adelaide
24 Jan 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Battle of Messines, Cpl Rose was awarded the Military Medal (MM) at Messines on 16/17 July 1917 whilst leading a pack of mules carrying material for the Engineers, the dump was heavily shelled, killing one and wounding others. Under shell-fire, Driver Rose moved the wounded and dead to shelter, although he was wounded himself. Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 9

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