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Albert Edward LOCK

Regimental number454
Place of birthCape Town, South Africa
SchoolWest End Public School, Cape Town, South Africa
Age on arrival in Australia26
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlumber
Address53 Phillip Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Lock, Ivy Cottage, Wynburg, Capetown, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Australian Naval Force.
Enlistment date22 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAnzac Cyclist Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number12/1/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAdmitted to hospital suffering from Gas Poisoning Feb or March 1918.
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 19), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
41
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Martha LOCK, 46 Pole Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa

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