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Lawrence Arthur RICKETTS

Regimental number3224
Place of birthSale, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationRailway employee
AddressSale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 8"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinFather, Francis Ricketts, Sale, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 26 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Laurence Arthur Ricketts on NR
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis (no date recorded); transferred to No 2 Auxiliary Hospital, 3 February 1916 (pleurisy); discharged to duty, 17 February 1916; admitted to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital; transferred to British Red Cross Convalescent Depot, Montazah, 13 March 1916; discharged to Overseas Base, 3 April 1916.

Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presumed Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, RICKETTS Lawrence Arthur

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