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John HARVEY

Regimental number5340
Place of birthStawell, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressWestonia, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinBrother, Edward Harvey, Kennyson Street, Bellevue, Western Australia
Enlistment date3 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameSeptember 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 29 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Tunnelling Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 3rd April, 1916 - 3rd Tun Reinforcements Taken on Strength, 2 Tunloy 15th March, 1817 Mortally wounded on 26th August, 1918
FateDied of wounds 27 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death38
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary HARVEY, Stawell, Victoria, Australia; brother of E. Harvey, Tennyson Street, Bellevue, Western australia

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