
ROCHESTER, Alfred Windsor
Service Number: | 877 |
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Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Inglewood, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
Home Town: | Inglewood, Loddon, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Engineer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Krithia, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Inglewood War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 877, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria | |
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13 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
24 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant | |
19 Oct 1914: | Involvement SN 877, 7th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked SN 877, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
27 Oct 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Promoted after embarking | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 877, 7th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
8 May 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, SN 877, 7th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Rochester and Mary Jane Rochester nee Thomas of Brook Street, Inglewood, Victoria. Brother of Hilda Sarah Rochester, Eric Rochester and Thomas James Rochester who was killed in action on 25 April 1918 while serving with the 57th Battalion and has no known grave; his name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal