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Valfred SAFSTROM

Regimental number3460
Place of birthKew, Victoria
SchoolTrinity Grammar School, Kew
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
AddressKew, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Safstrom, 351 High Street, Kew, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll65th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death15 April 1918
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 22), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
48
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Carl and Sarah SAFSTROM, 33 Ridgeway Avenue, Kew, Victoria

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