Regimental number | 16137 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Rockhampton, Queensland |
School | Mount Morgan State School, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Electrician |
Address | Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Augusta Roche, Sandgate Road, Albion, Brisbane, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | November 1916 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/42/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Field Company Engineers |
Fate | Effective abroad (still overseas) |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alan Stuart and Augusta Jane ROCHE |
Other details |
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Suffered schrapnel wounds to the legs while serving at Ypres, Belgium and was also subjected to gas. Re-enlisted in WWII and it was when he was travelling to Rockhampton in an Army vehicle which was involved in a road accident that he was killed |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 42 |
Place of burial | Yeppoon Town Cemetery, Queensland |