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ROLLO, Jack
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2890 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916, Artillery Garrison England for 7 years |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom., February 1888 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Motor cycle accident, Egypt, 14 June 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Grave C.33. INSCRIPTION EARTH CANNOT HIDE THE GLORY OF HIS NOBLE SOUL HIS DUTY WELL DONE , Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Ismailia, Suez Canal, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berwick-Upon-Tweed War Memorial, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Harvey & Wokalup Roll of Honour Board 2, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2890, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Artillery Garrison England for 7 years | |
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| 31 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2890, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 2890, 10th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Malwa, Fremantle | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2890, 10th Light Horse Regiment, GSW to neck | |
| 14 Jun 1919: | Involvement Sergeant, 2890, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2890 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1919-06-14 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 32 and the son of John William and Eleanor Rollo of Burns Street, North Fremonde, Australia. Husband of Eleanor Turnbull Rollo of 32 Edwards Street, Gateshead, Co Durham.
He is one of four Australian casualties of the Great War commemorated on the Berwick-upon-Tweed War Memorial.
Birth probably registered as Rowley.
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