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| name           = Rolf Montgomery ALLOM

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| header1  = Personal Information

|  label2  = Date of Birth
|   data2  = 4 Nov 1899

|  label3  = Place of Birth
|   data3  = Auckland, New Zealand

|  label4  = Death
|   data4  = 4 Jan 1997

|  label5  = Place of Death
|   data5  = Bullcreek, Western Australia

|  label6  = Age at Enlistment
|   data6  = 18 years, 3 months

|  label7  = Description
|   data7  = 5' 6¼" (1.68m) tall; weight 120 lbs (54.4 kg); Fresh complexion, grey eyes, fair hair.

|  label8  = Occupation
|   data8  = office boy

|  label9  = Religion
|   data9  = Church of England

|  label10  = Address
|   data10  = NOK: 5 King's road, Subiaco, Western Australia

|  label11 = Next of Kin
|   data11 = Mother  Mrs Rose Allom

| header12 = Military Information

|  label13 = Reg Number
|   data13 = [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3032263 52129]

|  label14 = Date of Enlistment
|   data14 = 12 Oct 1917

|  label15 = Rank
|   data15 = Private

|  label16 = Unit/Formation
|   data16 = 28th Battalion, 1918 Reinforcements / 8th Brigade, 5th Division

|  label17 = Date of Embarkation
|   data17 = 8 May 1918 - 

|  label18 = Ship Embarked On
|   data18 = [[SS Port Darwin]]

|  label19 = Date of Return
|   data19 = 15 Jul 1919 - 16 Aug 1919

|  label20 = Ship Returned On
|   data20 = [[SS City of Exeter]]

|  label21 = Fate
|   data21 = Returned to Australia

|  label22 = Monument
|   data22 = [[Kelmscott]]

|  label23 = Medals
|   data23 = [[British War Medal]]<br />[[Victory Medal]]

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==Pre War==
Arrived in Australia from New Zealand aboard the SS Ophir on 11 Nov 1907 in Sydney

==War Service==
A member of the generic reinforcement draft known as "Western Australian Reinforcement 1"  Unusually, the [[SS Port Darwin]] left from Albany, but this was only the beginning of a different journey than most of his colleagues.  

At Port Suez on 7 Jun 1918 Rolf was taken from the ship and hospitalised, before re-embarking on the [[SS Port Darwin]] in Alexandria for England.  
However, he is again ill and taken from the [[SS Port Darwin]] and landed in Italy where he entered hospital at Faenza on 10 Jul 1918.  

Eventually Rolf arrived in Southampton on 23 Jul 1918 and was despatched to the 5th Training Battalion at Rollestone for training prior to proceeding overseas.  

He left for France from No 3 Camp Fovant, via Southampton, and arrived in France on 17 Oct 1918.  From there he joined the 28th Battalion on the 26th October, too late to participate in hostilities. 
  
Discharged 5th Military District 1 Sep 1919.

==Post War==
In 1925 Rolf is on Lyndon Station in the Murchison as a station hand.  
Married Bridget McKenna in 1933.  In 1936 Rolf is the married licensee of the Gingin Hotel, and President of the newly formed golf club.  
By 1939 he is running the Bedford Hotel in  Brookton, again involved in golf and other local community committees.    
In 1942 during WW2 he joined the RAAF, serving with Regimental Number 80370.
By 1949 he is at West Brookton, farming, before retiring to Mandurah by 1968.

==Notes==
His B2455 is missing.


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==External Links==
*[https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=3801 AIF Project]
*[https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/51373 RSL Memorial]

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[[Category:Soldier]]
[[Category:28th Battalion]]
[[Category:Returned to Australia]]
[[Category:Born New Zealand]]
[[Category:Office boy]]
[[Category:Church of England]]