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William James HARVEY

Regimental number2418
Place of birthSt Arnaud, Victoria
SchoolState School No. 1646, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMerchant
AddressKoorlong via Mildura, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Mr William Harvey, Koorlong via Mildura, Victoria
Enlistment date24 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death27.5
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row F, Grave No. 23), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Selina HARVEY, 20th Street, Mildura, Victoria, Australia. Native of St. Arnaud, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked from Melbourne, 25 September 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 10 November 1916.

Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital, 23 December 1916 (influenza); discharged, 2 January 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 16 January 1917. Taken on strength, 57th Bn, 22 January 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 4 May 1917.

Killed in action, 26 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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