Herbert Rockliff
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Revision as of 03:35, 30 January 2015
ROCKLIFF, Herbert
Service no: 1335 [1]
Place of birth: Wardell, Richmond River
Address: Orange
Occupation: Deputy Town Clerk, Orange
Next of kin: John Rockliff (father), 396 Parramatta Road, Petersham
Date of enlistment: 1 February 1915
Place of enlistment: Liverpool
Age at enlistment: 30
Fate: Promoted to Sergeant 29 March 1915. Embarked HMAT A32 Themistocles Sydney 12 May 1915. Joined Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Gallipoli 16 August 1915. Disembarked Alexandria 9 January 1916. Joined British Expeditionary Force Alexandria 7 March 1916. Disembarked Marseilles 23 March 1916. Killed in action Pozieres, France.
Date of death: 27 July 1916
Buried: In the field where he fell. His remains were exhumed in 1935 and reburied in London Cemetery and Extension, High Wood, Longueval, France, Grave 26, Row D, Plot 11