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Valentine Rupert Roy FURNER

Regimental number2854
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStoreman
Address35 Albion Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs Sylva Bertha Furner, 35 Albion Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in 5th Field Company (Australian Engineers), Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date15 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Pioneer Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/13/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 May 1918
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 40), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
29
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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