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Albert BEST

Regimental number6240
Place of birthWynyard, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressForest, North West Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinBrother, Mr J Best, Wynyard, Tasmania
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A59 Botanist on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 4 August 1915 - 12th Battalion, 20th Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 12th Battalion, 2 January 1917. Wounded in the Menin Road sector, Ypres, Belgium, 19-20 September 1917.
FateKilled in Action 11 March 1918
Date of death14 March 1918
Place of burialSpoilbank Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 11A), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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