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William John GIRVAN

Regimental number322
Place of birthRavenswood, Queensland
SchoolState School, Ravenswood, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressAyr Lower, Burdekin, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Hass, Dalun Street, Ayr, Queensland
Enlistment date1 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 April 1918
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPont D'Achelles Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 9), Nieppe, FRance
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John adn Mary GIRVAN, Datum Street, Ayr, Queensland. Native of Ravenswood, Queensland

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