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Albert William JORDAN

Regimental number4443
Place of birthSouth Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolSpring Road State School, Malvern, Victoria
Other trainingBusiness College
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address20 Dixon Street, Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinA Jordan, 20 Dixon Street, Malvern, Victoria
Previous military service21st Battery Australian Field Artillery; Served in the Cadets as a Sergeant, 47B. Member of team which won Commonwealth Brigade Competition 1912/13.
Enlistment date27 April 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcement 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 28 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 14 November 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme, near Delville Wood, France
Age at death20.9
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialDelville Wood Cemetery (Plot XII, Row F, Grave No. 6), Longueval, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Kate Alice JORDAN, 34 Emo Road, East Malvern, Victoria
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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