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Arthur Segbert ROMETCH

Regimental number3089
Place of birthHobart Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarter
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinMother, Mrs Priscilla Rometch, Salutation Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date9 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 10 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXIII, Row B, Grave No. 23), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Priscilla ROMETCH, Clifton House, Mount Street, Burnie, Tasmania. Native of Hobart, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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