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Ernest ROFFE

Regimental number5759
Place of birthQueanbeyan New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressQueanbeyan, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, G. Roffe, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 12 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 26), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
30
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Elizabeth ROFFE, "Bretonneux", Pound Hill, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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