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Benjamin Patrick RODDA

Regimental number1604
Place of birthDaylesford Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFireman
Address17 Gordon crescent, Kensington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Mary Teresa Rodda, 17 Gordon crescent, Newmarket, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name31st Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/48/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on 5 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll31st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
119
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Mary RODDA; husband of Rosina RODDA, 32 Bellair Street, Kensington. Native of Yandoit, Victoria

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