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Richard Ernest ROYCE

Regimental number2970
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressNetheville, Bunnerong Road, South Randwick, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, H Royce, Netheville, Bunnerong Road, South Randwick, New South Wales
Enlistment date31 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Machine Gun Company
FateDied of wounds 13 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Sarah ROYCE, Primrose Avenue, Sandringham, New South Wales

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