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Chas Clement ROEBUCK

Regimental number6601
Place of birthAuckland New Zealand
ReligionCongregational
OccupationSaddler
Address256 Norton Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinEdith Jane Roebuck, 256 Norton Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name8th Field Ambulance, Section A
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
From Embarkation Rolls it is not possible to distinguish the embarkation details of individual officers and men: 6 officers and 156 others embarked on HMAT A11 'Ascanius' from Melbourne on 10 November 1915; 1 officer and 50 others embarked on HMAT A58 'Kabringa' from Melbourne on 8 November 1915; 1 officer and 16 others embarked on HMAT A2 'Geelong' from Adelaide on 12 November 1915; 1 officer and 4 others embarked on HMAT A13 'Katuna' from Adelaide on 9 November 1915; and
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Ambulance
FateDied of disease 2 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row E, Grave No. 20), Surrey, England, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
183
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Eliza ROEBUCK; husband of Edith ROEBUCK, "Waimamaku", Hampden Road, Abbotsford, Sydney. Native of New Zealand

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