Lancelot Lewin MARSHALL

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MARSHALL, Lancelot Lewin

Service Number:	26221
Enlisted:	23 February 1916
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Deloraine, Tasmania, 21 February 1897
Home Town:	Ulverstone, Tasmania
Schooling:	Ulverstone State School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 21 August 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Flanders, Belgium Plot VIII, Row F, grave 10
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ulverstone Primary School War Memorial, Ulverstone Shrine of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

23 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 26221, 13th Field Artillery Brigade
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 26221, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 26221, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
21 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 26221, 13th Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Lancelot Lewin MARSHALL was born in Deloraine, Tasmania on 21st February, 1897

His parents were Richard MARSHALL and Julia Harriet DOWNES

He had previously served in the 91st Infantry, A Company before he enlisted for WW1 on 23rd February, 1916 & embarked from Melbourne with the 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 4th reinforcements on 1st August, 1916 on the ship HMAT Orsova

Lancelot was Killed in Action in France on 21st August, 1917 and is buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial

Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal

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