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MERRETT, Lyle John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1870 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Port Wakefield , 26 May 1895 |
Home Town: | Plympton, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balaklava Port Wakefield St Albans Church Roll of Honour, Keswick Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Board WW1, Kulpara District Council Roll of Honour, Plympton District Roll of Honor, Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Roll, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1870, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1870, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
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Commememorated Ypres Menin Gate Memorial