ALBAN, Rollo Charles Stacpole
| Service Number: | 682 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Clapham Common, London SW, England, 20 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Christ's Hospital, Horsham, Surrey, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 682, 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 12 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 682, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: Incorrectly recorded as A' ban, Rolls Chas on original record | |
| 12 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 682, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 682, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 682 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Rollo Charles Stacpole Alban was the son of Major Clifton Alban and his first wife, Florence Alban. His father was born in Karachi (then in India) and his mother was born in Colombo (then in Ceylon). His mother died in 1921 and his father died in 1935. Rollo Alban was born in Clapham, South West London.
Rollo Alban attended Christs Hospital, a famous independent school at Horsham in England. He also went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst after but then left for a life in Australia as a farm labourer. It was not long before he enlisted in Melbourne on 13 October 1914 as a Private. His unit was the 8th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement. He died during the disastrous attack by many of the Regiment at the Nek, Gallipoli 7 August 1918.
His younger brother Lieutenant Clifton Frederick Alban Royal Flying Corps was confirmed killed in action on the 6 April 1917 when his aircraft went missing when flying an RE8 with 59 Squadron in France. He was 23 years old.
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