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Christopher LOCKWOOD

Regimental number2920
Place of birthManchester, England
SchoolSt Edmunds Catholic College, Hertfordshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationStation hand
AddressBelmore, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Alfred Lockwood, 'Inchmarlo', Levenshulme near Manchester, England
Enlistment date17 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name58th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 3 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was nephew to the Sir Frank Lockwood LGMP Solicitor General for England in 1889 or 1890.
FateKilled in Action 25 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row E, Grave No. 17), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Ada LOCKWOOD, 5 Cecil Street, Whitworth Park, Manchester, England
Family/military connectionsBrother to Sgt Lawrence Lockwood 35th Btn AIF and one of five brothers fighting.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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