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Edward George LIGHT

Regimental number1977
Place of birthFootscray, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressKyneton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinA Light, Mollison Street, Kyneton, Victoria
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollR1977
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 70), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Annie LIGHT, 73 Vere Street, Collingwood, Victoria

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