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MARCHANT, Ronald Hamilton
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2055 |
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Enlisted: | 6 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Portarlington, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Portarlington, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Shrapnel wounds to back, Becourt, France, Palestine, 27 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 3, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France, Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Portarlington War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2055, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2055, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2055, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
26 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2055, 24th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, SW to back (penetrating). Died of wounds 27 August 1916 in transit between Becourt and Walroy (12th FAB). | |
27 Aug 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 2055, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2055 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-27 |
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