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ROCHESTER, Merlin Gilbert

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• Service History
• Personal Stories

Step 1: Personal Details

Service Number:	17790
Enlisted:	3 November 1916
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	11th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Kensington, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Kensington State School
Occupation:	Iron Moulder
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 17 April 1918
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXIX, Row E, Grave No. II
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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Step 2: Service History

World War 1 Service

3 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 17790, Field Company Engineers
10 May 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 17790, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 17790, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
17 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 10th Field Company Engineers, France
7 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 17790, 10th Field Company Engineers, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW right arm. Died of wounds at 56th General Hospital, Etaples on 17 April 1918.
17 Apr 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 17790, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 17790 awm_unit: 10 Field Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-04-17

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Merlins parents were George Edward ROCHESTER & Lillian FACEY

Merlins parents were George Edward ROCHESTER & Lillian FACEY

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• Australian War Memorial - Roll of Honour & Circular
• Merlin Gilbert’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
• NAA service record
• Trove Digital Newspaper Article - Family Notices

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