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William Henry FREEMAN

Regimental number1706
Place of birthGuilford, New South Wales
SchoolGuilford Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressFactory Street, Clyde, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs W Freeman, Factory Street, Clyde, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on 19 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 May 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBrewery Orchard Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 25), Bois-Grenier, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
91
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth FREEMAN; husband of Elizabeth EWART (formerly FREEMAN), Wharf Road, Ermington, New South Wales. Native of Granville, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother in law: Thomas Joseph Browne, killed in action 3 April 1917.

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