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Peter Jeremiah ROSNEY

Regimental number3132
Place of birthKerry, Ireland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressSouth Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 6.75"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, M.J. Rosney, 15 Thistlethwaite Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected on account of teeth)
Enlistment date21 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.

Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 3 March 1916 (pyrexia, unknown origin); discharged to duty, 5 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presumed Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, ROSNEY Peter Jeremiah

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