Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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ROSE, EDWARD

Mrs. Edward Rose, of Bagdad has received a letter from General Birdswood in relation to her son, "Bob," who enlisted two months prior to attaining his sixteenth birthday in November of last year. Finding he so earnestly desired not to be retained for home service, Mrs. Rose wrote to headquarters, asking if he could be kept out of the firing line for a time on account of his extreme youth. General Birdwood's reply, which is dated July 19, 1918, is as follows:-

"Dear Mrs. Rose, since receiving your letter regarding your son, Private E. Rose, whose regimental number you stated to be 7069, I have been making exhaustive inquiries, with a view to tracing him. As you will probably realise this is an exceedingly difficult matter with the large force we have in England and in France, unless full particulars are furnished. Your son could not be traced in the force under this number, but I have traced No. 8054 Private Edward Rose, 12th Battalion, whose next-of-kin is registered as father, Edward Rose, Bagdad, Tasmania, and who is possibly identical with your boy. I therefore deeply regret to inform you that Private Rose died on 31st May at Sutton Veny Military Hospital, England, from bronchitis, measles and oedema of lung. His father will have been advised officially long before this reaches you, and I can only add how deeply I do sympathise with you both in the loss of such a really brave boy for he did indeed display a fine spirit in enlisting when only 16 years old with a determination to do his utmost for the noble cause for which we are fighting. With my kind regards-

Yours sincerely.

W. R. Birdsvood.

Mrs. Rose's eldest son was one of the first to enlist after war was declared, and took part in the historic landing at Gallipoli, where he was wounded and subsequently returned home, but has since enlisted again.

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