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Oliver Daniel PILKINGTON

Regimental number1728
Place of birthBrisbane Queensland
ReligionCongregational
OccupationTraveller
AddressCambridge Street, West End, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Thomas Pilkington, Cambridge Street, West End, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date18 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCompany Sergeant Major
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 27 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialMont Huon Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row M, Grave No. (A), Le Treport, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
144
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Jessie PILKINGTON, Cambridge Street, West End South, Brisbane. Native of Brisbane

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