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Robert Jenson MURCHELL

Regimental number2701
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCoachsmith
AddressBairnsdale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinFriend, Daisy Pigot, Bairnsdale, Gippsland, Victoria
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 25), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
51
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Martha MERCER, Beeac, Victoria
Miscellaneous detailsReal name: Alfred James MERCER

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