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Albert Roy HARBECK

Regimental number123
Place of birthLakes Entrance, Victoria
SchoolState School, Lakes Entrance, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressLakes Entrance, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Peter Habeck, Lakes Entrance, Victoria
Enlistment date21 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 May 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Messines Battle, Belgium
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 12), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Fanny HARBECK, Lakes Entrance, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother; Pte A.R. Harbeck, died of wounds at Malta Brother; Lieut R.P. Harbeck, 3rd Signal Squadron
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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