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UPCHURCH, Andrew
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2923 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia, 29 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Somerset, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Engine Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2923, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2923, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2923, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 6 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2923, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2923 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was killed between 06/04/1917 and 10/04/1917
He was 22 and a son of Ernest and Emily Margaret Upchurch, of Somerset, Tasmania.
His brother, Corporal Charles Ernest Upchurch, MM, aged 20 [52nd Bn.
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.] fell on 16/07/1917.
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