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Gordon Hamilton ROOM

Regimental number5189
Place of birthBallarat Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBootmaker
AddressHesse Street, Colac, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Room, Hesse Street, Colac, Victoria
Enlistment date15 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row B, Grave No. 3), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Margaret ROOM, Dening Lane, Tamworth, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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