Anthony Simpson DELMENICO

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DELMENICO, Anthony Simpson

Service Number:	2554
Enlisted:	14 August 1916, Kalgoorlie, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coolgardie, Western Australia, 1899
Home Town:	Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Schooling:	Coolgardie School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 11 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

14 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2554, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Kalgoorlie, WA
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2554, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2554, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle
11 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2554, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Anthony was born as Antonio Simpson DELMENICO in Coolgardie, Western Australia in 1899

His parents were Antonio DELMENICO & Ann SIMPSON

He enlisted in Kalgoorlie, WA on 14th August, 1916 and embarked from Fremantle on the HMAT Argyllshire on 9th November, 1916 with the 43rd Infantry Battalion, 5th reinforcements

Anthony was Killed in Action during the Battle of Messines in Belgium on 11th June, 1917 - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Menin Gate Memorial

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