Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Rollins, Vivian Ebenezer

Born 7^th November 1885 Sandfly Tasmania the son of James Richard and Elizabeth Emma Rollins (nee Meredith) a farmer he embarked Hobart 1^st July 1916 on board “HMAT Berrima” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion

He was killed in action 5^th November 1917 in Belgium and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Second Lieutenant Alexander writes to Mr J R Rollins of Sandfly regarding the death of his son, Private Vivian Rollins, as follows –

Dear Mr Rollins, I am writing to send you the sympathy of the boys and myself in the 15th Platoon. Viv. has been with us all along and we felt awfully sorry when he was killed. I have been with him as his sergeant first and then in charge of the platoon. We were in camp in England together after hospital, so you see I knew him quite well.

He was one of the best men I have ever had and if they were only all as good they would do me. Well, Mr. Rollins, I can't write much about our sympathy but I think we do something better, we feel for both Viv and yourself and the rest of the family very very much. Viv was shot through the head and died immediately, so there's only one consolation for you; he didn't linger and suffer pain. Viv suffered a soldier's worst luck and did a lot of good work before they got him."

The Mercury 31^st January 1918

Lance, Jim and Vivian Rollins

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