SHELLEY, Roland Parker
| Service Number: | 1108 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Kerang, Victoria, Australia, January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 4 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Longueau British Cemetery, Somme, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gosnells Road Board HR, Gosnells War Memorial, Gosnells Ward Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1108, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 9 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Company | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front" |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...2nd Lieutenant Roland Parker Shelley, 22nd Machine Gun Company, of Gosnells, WA. He worked for the Western Australian railways as a fireman before enlisting on 12 May 1915. He embarked from Fremantle on HMAT Ascanius with C Company, 28th Battalion, on 29 June 1915, as a Private with the service number 1108. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 23 September 1915 and to Corporal on 25 December 1915. On 3 March 1916 he was taken on strength of the 22nd Machine Gun Company. He was promoted to Sergeant on 30 September 1916, to Second Lieutenant on 7 February 1917, and to Lieutenant on 13 May 1917. On 3 June 1918 he was gassed and admitted to hospital, resuming duty on 24 June 1918. He was killed in action on 4 July 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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