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Gerald Walsh HOWLING

Regimental number1723
Place of birthGeelong Vic
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationDraper
Address101 Swanston Street, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs R W Howling, 101 Swanston Street, Geelong, Victoria
Enlistment date20 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ralph and Joh HOWLING, 44 Maud Street, Geelong, Victoria

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