ROACH R.G.

Given Names:  Robert Gordon

Service Number:  266

Unit:  24th Battalion, A Company                                                                                     

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  23 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Butcher                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Widowed

Religion:  Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11¾ In                

Weight:  138 Lbs

Chest:  35½ In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  10/3/1915

Place:  Geelong

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs A Roach

Lylan', 87 Barkers Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                              

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Burma   

Embarked:  14/12/1918                             

Disembarked:  29/1/1919

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  23/3/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  18642

British War Medal:  12130

Victory Medal:  12042

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1891

Place:  Prahran, Victoria                          

Father:  Richard Reed ROACH                 

Mother:  Hannah VINE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1913     

Place:             

Spouse: Elsie May CUMPER

DEATH

Date or Year:  

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 3/5/1917; gun shot wound, back

Wounded in action 1/9/1918; gassed

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION