ROSEVEAR  T.T.

Given Names:  Thomas Tallant

               

Service Number:  8289

Unit:  Army Service Corps 18, 1st reinforcements                                                             

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number:  77961

 

Age:  24 Yrs   

Occupation:  Clerk (Shipping)                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Congregational

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5¾ In                  

Weight:  134 Lbs

Chest:  32½-33¾ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  9/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas William Rosevear

10 Barrington Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  10/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ascanius A11

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Unit:  29th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Driver

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  25096

British War Medal:  24116

Victory Medal:  23948

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  23/7/1891

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Thomas William ROSEVEAR        

Mother:  Emily TALLANT

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 25/5/1918                          

Place: 14th Field Ambulance, France, France                                                          

Burial:  Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 25/5/1918 whilst carting rations to the 57th Battalion at Daours; severe shrapnel wound, head

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

East Kew State School

Auburn State School

Kew Independent Church

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 346004

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary