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Albert Edward NAPPER

Place of birthWelling, New Zealand
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSoldier
AddressRandwick, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Irene Napper, 'Loch Lomond', Darley Road, Randwick, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in R.A.G. Artillery and the Instructional Staff, Commonweath Military Forces.
Enlistment date23 November 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 November 1917
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name19th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row M, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
89
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Martha NAPPER; husband of Mary NAPPER, 70 Frenchman's road, Randwick, New south Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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