David RODERICK

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Service Number:	3239
Enlisted:	18 July 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia , 1895
Home Town:	Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pastry Cook
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 January 1917
Cemetery:	Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie Plot IV, Row L, Grave 10, Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Castlemaine Christ Church Anglican Church Memorial Window

18 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3239, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3239, 21st Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A18' Wiltshire from Melbourne
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion
28 Jan 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3239, 57th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action

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Son of Mr David and Mrs Anna Louisa (nee Fullwood) Roderick. Mrs Roderick was the daughter of Mr Peter and Mrs Margaret (nee Dial) Fullwood.

Nephew of

1001 Sergeant Joseph Fullwood (MM) - 3rd Tunnelling Company returned (1871) and
3059 Private Peter Fullwood - 28th Battalion died prior embarkation in WA 26th December 1915 (1873).