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William Henry GEARD

Regimental number2561
Place of birthCollingwood, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address96 Stafford Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Henry Herbert Geard, 96 Stafford Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Compulsory Training.
Enlistment date30 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/15/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 30 August 1916 - 3rd Pioneer Bn 4th Reinforcements; taken on strength 3rd Pioneer Bn 16 March 1917; mortally wounded 7 June 1917.
FateDied of wounds 7 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death19.1
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row O, Grave No. 9), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Mary GEARD, 96 Stafford Street, Abbotsford, Victoria. Native of Collingwood

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