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Gomer MASLIN

Regimental number3405
Place of birthVictor Harbor, South Australia
SchoolPublic School, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationClerk
AddressRichmond Road, Westbourne Park, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 3.25"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Maslin, Richmond Road, Westbourne Park, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the South Australia Infantry Regiment; resigned.
Enlistment date27 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 July 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 February 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Eow H, Grave No. 39), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
151
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joh and Rosamond MASLIN. Native of South Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, MASLIN Gomer

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