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Herbert Alfred LOYDSTROM

Regimental number1900
Place of birthGlebe, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPrinter's assistant
Address'Araluen', Park Road, Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMrs A Loydstrom, 'Araluen', Park Road, Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed as Sergeant in Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name1st Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 16 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 22 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death20.3
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row J, Grave No. 16), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Cecil and Alice LOYDSTROM, 'Araluen', Park Road, Hurstville, Sydney
Family/military connectionsCousin: 1772 Pte Clive Dare BONDFIELD, 11th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 16 March 1919.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsName of house incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as 'Ardleun'.

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