Harold Walter ROSSER

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Service Numbers:	217, N71625
Enlisted:	27 March 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Australian Infantry Training Battalion
Born:	Corowa, New South Wales, 3 August 1896
Home Town:	Mulwala, Corowa Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural causes (old age), Sydney, New South Wales, 17 September 2001, aged 105 years
Cemetery:	Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:

27 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 217, 39th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 217, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
27 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 217, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
13 Jun 1917:	Wounded Battle of Messines
22 Jul 1917:	Wounded 2nd occasion
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded 1st Passchendaele, 3rd occasion - GSW (left buttock)
14 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps Headquarters
2 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 217, Australian Corps Headquarters

14 Mar 1940:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, N71625, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Sydney, New South Wales
31 Mar 1941:	Promoted Lance Corporal, 2 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
13 Dec 1941:	Promoted Corporal, 2 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
28 Jun 1945:	Discharged Corporal, N71625, 5th Australian Infantry Training Battalion

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Harold Walter Rosser lived till he was 105 years old, despite repeated wounding in World War I.

His brother 1089 Sgt. Richard Walters Rosser (/explore/people/135846) was killed in action on 22 Jul 1916 in France.