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Joseph LAUNDER

Regimental number1571
Place of birthLeicester, England
SchoolState School, Victoria
Other trainingHairdresser and tobacconist
Age on arrival in Australia4
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBarber
Address31 Hume Street, Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinWife, Mrs Lillian May Launder, 31 Hume Street, Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date8 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7-12 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death10 August 1915
Age at death45
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot III, Row B., Grave No. 21) Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
37
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary Jane LAUNDER; Wife: Lillian May LAUNDER, 'Clifton', 31 Hume Street, Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War Service: Gallipoli

Medals: 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal

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