John Hall Rosser was born in Brisbane, QLD, was single and a Beeleeper when he enlisted in the Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 34 on 19 March 1917 at the age of 24. His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Port Darwin on 30 April 1918 as an Acting Sergeant. In October 1918 he transferred to the 10th Field Artillery Battalion. Aside from suffering a bout of influenza in February 1919 he completed his tour of duty without major incident, illness or injury, and was transferred to England to report to the Administrative HQ for duty. He eventually returned to Australia at his own expense.
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