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MARCHANT, Ronald Hamilton

Service Number:	2055
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

World War 1 Service

6 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2055, 24th Infantry Battalion
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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