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George RENFORTH

Regimental number976
Place of birthNewcastle Upon Tyne England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Holy Jesus Hospital City Road, Newcastle on Tyne, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Renforth, Holy Jesus Hospital City Road, Newcastle on Tyne, England
Enlistment date4 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll4095
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 47), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary RENFORTHA; husband of Edith KINCHLEY (formerly RENFORTH), 56 Robinson Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. Native of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

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