ROSE  T.L.

Given Names:  Thomas Lawrence

               

Service Number:  2790

Unit:  21st Battalion, 6th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  18 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Saw Sharpener                                                                                          

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6 In                     

Weight:  142 Lbs

Chest:  33½-35½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Sallow

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Charles Rose

25 Aitken Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                         

Embarkation Date:  5/10/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Moldavia

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  21st Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  19310

British War Medal:  25768

Victory Medal:  25590

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  15/9/1896

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Charles Frederick ROSE             

Mother:  Sylvia TAYLOR

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 9/10/1917                          

Place: Broodseinde, Belgium                   

Burial:  No known grave,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 30/7/1916; gun shot wound, right leg

Wounded in action 9/10/1917 during early morning advance; fell where wounded and expected to be carried out by stretcher bearers but was subsequently marked missing

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Auburn State School

Holy Trinity Church

The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 340502

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary