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Founding Member General Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VD

ROVKIN (served as Rorkin)

Surname
ROVKIN (served as Rorkin)
First names
Joseph
Rank
Private
Service No.
NX73811 (N280456)
Date of Death
7/11/1942
Hebrew Date
27 Cheshvan 5703
Hebrew Date
כ״ז בְּחֶשְׁוָן תש״ג
Age at Death
16
How Died
Died of Wounds
Where Died
New Guinea
Cemetery
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Service Details
3rd Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Served
New Guinea
Occupation
Factory hand
Age at Enlistment
16
Place of Enlistment
Martin Place, Sydney, NSW
Locality on Enlistment
Sydney, NSW
Religion
Greek Orthodox, but was Jewish
Gender
Male
Date of Enlistment
17/9/1941
Date of Discharge
Country of Enlistment
Australia
Notes
Attested date of birth 3/12/1922 & 2/7/1923 (actual 1926) in Shepparton, Victoria. Son of PTE N323515 Gregory Rovkin, (DOB 24 March 1895 Poland. Discharged 3/7/1943) & Judith née HUBERMAN, 59 Albion Street, Paddington, Sydney. Sisters: Shulamite, Ruth & Phylis (born Victoria).
 
 
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