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SIFORD, Luke
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3279 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Jarrahdale, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of effects of shell gas poisioning and bullet wound, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Valley Cemetery, Vis-En-Artois Valley Cemetery, Vis-en-Artois, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Jarrahdale Roll Of Honor WW1, Jarrahdale War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3279, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3279, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Wounded 28th Infantry Battalion, Died as a result of gas poisoning and gun shot wound to left upper thigh and fracture of the same at the German Chief Dressing Station of the Sanit. Co. 117 near Tilloy |
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