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John Richard MUSGROVE

Regimental number501
Place of birthMount Kembla, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressAbermain, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinWife, Mrs Eliza Musgrove, Harle Street, Abermain, New South Wales
Enlistment date31 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 July 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death33.9
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 1), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parent: Benjamin and Annie MUSGROVE; husband of E.A. MUSGROVE, Main Road, Abermain, New SOuth Wales
Family/military connectionsOne brother died of wounds.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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