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Rodda, Benjamin Patrick (1604)

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Place of Birth: Daylesford, VIC

Age: 31 years 1 month

Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 20 July 1915 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 1604 view online service record

Address:
117 Gordon Crescent
Newmarket, VIC

Next of Kin:
Mary Teresa Rodda (mother)
117 Gordon Crescent
Newmarket, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Friday, 5 November 1915
Ship: HMAT Bakara A41
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 31st Infantry battalion – 1st Reinforcements

Fate:
DOW: Wednesday, 26 July 1916
Place: France

1915 ‘SEND-OFF TO SOLDIERS.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 11 September, p. 2. , viewed 09 Oct 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91168883

1916 ‘ROLL OF HONOR.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 25 November, p. 2. , viewed 09 Oct 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91164781

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