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Harris ROLBIN

Regimental number1613
Place of birthManchester, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLoco fireman
AddressElizabeth Street, Picton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 8.5"
Weight174 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Y Rolbin, Bolvloe Farm, Middleton, Lancashire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 December 1914
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of disease 18 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBlackley Jewish Cemetery (Grave No. 2856), Lancashire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hyman and Yenta ROLBIN, 39 Bellott Street, Cheetham, Manchester, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, England

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.

Wounded in action, 25 April 1915 (gun shot wound, left shoulder); admitted to Government Hospital, Alexandria, 30 April 1915; transferred to Convalescent Camp, Mustapha, 20 May 1915.

Admitted to Egyptian Government Hospital, Alexandria, 24 May 1915 (fever); transferred to No 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 18 June 1915; to Convalescent Hospital, Helouan, 29 June 1915 (rheumatic fever).

Transferred to England, 23 September 1915, and admitted to War Hospital, Reading, 5 October 1915; transferred to 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, 27 October 1915 (cardiac neurosis).

Admitted to Weymouth Hospital, 27 April 1916.

Taken on strength, No 1 Command Depot, 17 July 1916.

Died of disease (general cerebral atrophy), Dykebar War Hospital, Paisley, Scotland, 2.35 am, 13 January 1917. Medical file notes: This patient has had several attacks of violence ... There is no doubt of his unsound state of mind. He is now fixed in a straight-jacket ... Remained in an acutely hallucinated state for some months, and dementia then set in and has been gradually deepening with signs of general cerebral atrophy.'

Privately buried, Blackley Jewish Cemetery, Lancashire.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsMother's name incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as T. ROBBIN.
SourcesNAA: B2455, ROLBIN Harris

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