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John Harold ORROCK

Regimental number6621
Place of birthElmhurst, Victoria
SchoolState School, Elmhurst, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressElmhurst, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Robert James Orrock, Elmhurst, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 18 November 1916
Age at death19.8
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialBernafay Wood British Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 32), Montauban, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Rose ORROCK, Elmhurst, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6375 Pte Robert George ORROCK, 28th Bn, returned to Australia, 5 April 1918.

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