| Place | Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Bapaume |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P06400.001 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 1253 Private (Pte) Emile Vivian Hope Roche, 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion. ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1253 Private (Pte) Emile Vivian Hope Roche, 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion. Pte Roche, a packer from Melbourne, Vic, enlisted on 30 March 1915 and on 10 May 1915 embarked from Port Melbourne with A Company, 24th Battalion, on HMAT Euripides. Pte Roche landed on Gallipoli on 30 August 1915, where he served until the December evacuation. In March 1916 he transferred to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion, and arrived in France for service on the Western Front two weeks later. Pte Roche was killed in action at Flers, France, on 14 November 1916, aged 20. Originally buried near the town of Bapaume, Pte Roche's remains were later interred at the Warlencourt British Cemetery.