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Dan LIGHT

Regimental number2634
Place of birthSwindon, England
SchoolChurch School, England
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRiveter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Light, 46 Fairbridge Road, London, England
Enlistment date29 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 2 September 1915
FateNo details of fate entered on Nominal Roll
Date of death31 May 1916
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialEstaires Communal Cemetery (Plot II, Row Q, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
62
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ernest Daniel and B. CROOK, 12 Alsen Row, Finsbury Park, London, England. Served as Fan LIGHT
Other detailsTrue family name: CROOK, Ernest Frederick

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