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William Elliott HARVEY

Regimental number237
Place of birthYacka, South Australia
SchoolYacka Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressYacka, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Ann Harvey, Yacka, South Australia
Enlistment date8 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 8, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/13/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 March 1917
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot IX, Row J, Grave No. 7), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Elizabeth HARVEY, Yacka, South Australai

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