Participant Info

Surname

Rochester

First Name

Ernest

Initial

J

Service Number

2671

Rank

private

Unit Served

56th Battalion, late 2nd Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, Gallipoli, France

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

June 21

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

August 9

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 174, image page 175

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Selina and the late Charles Rochester

Parental Address

Strathfield

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born at Narrabri, May 1, 1896, educated Narrabri Public School, and Maitland High School, clerk, enlisted May 1, 1915, embarked August 9, 1915. War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, France (wounded three weeks before signing of Armistice.) (Enlistment date an