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Albert Charles NEWING

Regimental number3112
Place of birthKent, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationConfectioner
AddressClifton Hill, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, James Newing, 7 Yambla Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria
Enlistment date22 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 December 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialGreenwich Cemetery (3. "C." Z. 74), London
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Henry and Suan NEWING, 60/62 London Stret, Greenwich, London, England
Family/military connectionsHis brothers enlisted that were fit to serve and his cousins several of whom were killed in France.(James Henry Newing Father)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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