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Benjamin Alfred JEMESEN

Regimental number3115
Place of birthGrafton, New South Wales
SchoolLismore Public School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationShop assistant
AddressLismore, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Thomas Neil Jemesen, Pine Street, North Lismore, New South Wales
Enlistment date21 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row D, Grave NO. 46), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
56
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Catherine JEMESEN, Tweed Street, Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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