Victor Harold MERRIFIELD

MERRIFIELD, Victor Harold

Service Number: 3225
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bournemouth, Dorsetshire, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Dungog, Dungog, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 10 July 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Heath Cemetery, Picardie
Grave VIII. F. 16. , Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

11 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 3225, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 3225, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He emigrated to Australia aged 18 and enlisted Dungog, New South Wales, Australia. Religion Church of England.

 He was 21 and the son of Charles and Mary Ann Merrifield, of 19, Garfield Avenue, Bournemouth.

His brother also fell. He was Private L.C. Merrifield, Service Number 13547, aged 29. He served with the 7th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment-died 5th March 1919 and interred in

Grave I. H. 9. at BLARGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

The brothers are honoured on the Bournemouth St Clement’s War Memorial.

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