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Alan Ecila Longmore BISSETT

Regimental number22919
Other NamesBISSET
SchoolState School, Golden Square, Bendigo, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngine driver
AddressHobart Road, Murrumbeena, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs A L Bissett, Hobart Road, Murrumbeena, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Junior Cadets.
Enlistment date20 January 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 8, Reinforcement 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 20 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death20 October 1917
Age at death27
Place of burialVlamertinghe New Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row F, Grave No. 13), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Alice Louisa BISSET. Native of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4751 Eric Simson BISSETT, 46th Bn, killed in action, France, 14 November 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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