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W LAVERY

Regimental number1774
Place of birthCounty Dublin, Ireland
SchoolMcQuiston School, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia29
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs C W Lavery, 53 Fitzwilliam Street, Belfast, Ireland
Enlistment date7 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 17 March 1915
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death9 August 1915
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burial7th Field Ambulance Cemetery (Special Memorial A. 36), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
69
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Sarah LAVERY, Holmhurst, Richmond Park, Belfast, Ireland. Native of Co. Dublin, Ireland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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