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Samuel LIMBOURN

Regimental number55
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolLondon Council School, Earlsfield, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmhand
AddressCnr Charles Street and Gill Street, North Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, John Joseph Limbourn, Cnr Charles Street and Gill Street, North Perth, Western Australia
Previous military service88th Infantry
Enlistment date30 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularServed in the Boys Brigade belonging to the Church of England.
FateDied of wounds 1 June 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Belgium
Age at death20.11
Place of burialPont D'Achelles Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 12), Nieppe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Eliza LIMBOURN, 21 Edenborough Street, Mount Hawthorn,Perth, Western Australia. Native of London, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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