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Albert Edward IBBOTT

Regimental number3539
Place of birthLambeth, London, England
SchoolLondon County Council School, Lambeth, England
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationConductor
Address28 Bennett Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 7.5"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss G E Ibbott, 40 Hanover Gardens, Kensington Park Road, London, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 September 1915
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingSailly-le-Sec, Somme Sector, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialAnzac Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 32), Sailly-Sur-La-Lys, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
161
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Brother of Gertrude Emily CLARKE, 13 Cambridge Street, Farmers Road, Camberwell, London, England. Native of England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to, and proceeded to 55th Bn from 5th Training Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; taken on strength of 55th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.

Found guilty, 6 June 1916, of insolence to a NCO: awarded 3 days' confined to barracks.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 20 July 1916.

Previous reported of missing, now, 28 July 1916, to be reported as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'.

Buried Sailly-sur-la-Lys Cemetery by Reverend W. Meredith Holliday, no date stated.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, IBBOTT Albert Edward

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