The AIF Project

Herbert Lionel Rose

Regimental number3176
Place of birthLancaster, England
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBaker
AddressRaymond Terrace, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27.8
Height5' 6.75"
Weight138 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Jeanne Logan Rose, Glenelg Street, Raymond Terrace, via Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 July 1916
Place of enlistmentNewcastle, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Pioneer Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/13/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Service Corps Details
FateReturned to Australia 15 April 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date18 May 1918
Other details

War service: England

Commenced return to Australia, 15 April 1918; discharged (medically unfit: bronchitis), 18 May 1918.

Died of pulmonary tuberculosis and contributory heart failure, No 4 Australian General Hospital, Randwick.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death9 June 1921
Age at death31
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C. 9. 74), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, Rose Herbert Lionel

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.