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Arthur Stanley GERRING

Regimental number2499
Place of birthSt Mary's, New South Wales
SchoolSt Mary's and Penrith Public Schools, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway employee
AddressSt Mary's, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Gerring, Mountain View, St Mary's, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets and Militia.
Enlistment date21 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameMining Corps Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/7/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted with Miners (1st Australian Mining Corps); left Australia and served at Ypres, Armentieres and Hill 60. Transferred to 39th Bn.
FateDied of wounds 1 December 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No. 125), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents John and Ellen GERRING, St. Mary's, New South Wales

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