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Allan Edward FOLKS

Regimental number3816
Place of birthDry Creek, Bonnie Doon, Victoria
SchoolState School, Dry Creek, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngine driver
AddressDry Creek, Bonnie Doon, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Allan Thomas Folks, Dry Creek, Bonnie Doon, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row E, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Allen and Annie FOLKS, Bonnie Doon, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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