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William Arnold MINSTER

Place of birthCreswick Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationElectrician
Address201 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs E N Minster,201 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Victoria
Enlistment date29 March 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name6th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (PLot XXV, Row C, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Annie MINSTER; husband of Edna MINSTER, 2 Grosvenor Street, Middle Brighton, Victoria. Native of Creswick, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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