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Albert Bernhardt KABISCH

Regimental number62323
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolPublic School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMason
AddressBrentwood, York's Peninsula, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 3.5"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinBrother, L.B. Kabisch, 36 Gilbert Street, Gilberton, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 June 1918
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th South Australian Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 31 August 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th General Service Reinforcements
FateDied of disease 21 October 1918
Place of death or woundingSierra Leone, Africa
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialFreeton (King Tom) Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 93), West Africa
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert Bernhardt and Louisa KABISCH
Other details

Embarked Melbourne, 31 August 1918.

Admitted to Ship's Hospital, 8 October 1918 (influenza); discharged, 16 October 1918.

Admitted to Ship's Hospital, 16 October 1918 (influenza); transferred to Tower Hill Military Hospital, Sierra Leone, 20 October 1918.

Died, Tower Hill Military Hospital, 21 October 1918.

Medal: British War Medal.
SourcesNAA: B2455, KABISCH Albert Bernhardt

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