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Wallace Salisbury LODGE

Regimental number307
Place of birthNew Mile End, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressRankin Road, New Mile End, Torrensville, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7.25"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jessie Lodge, Rankin Road, New Mile End, Torrensville, South Australia
Previous military serviceSenior Cadets
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 July 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row L, Grave No. 45), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsBrother: 402 CQMS Eric Gladstone LODGE, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 8 May 1919.

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