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Eric Mervyn ROACH

Regimental number437
Place of birthAberdeen, Burra, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationElectrician
AddressAberdeen, Bulla, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Henry Roach, Aberdeen, Bulla, South Australia
Enlistment date26 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Company
FateKilled in Action 10 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 20), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Minetta ROACH, Swaine Avenue, Toorak, South Australia

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