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Herbert Douglas SCANLON

Regimental number1089
Place of birthNottingham, England
SchoolHigher Grade School, Nottingham, England
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionBaptist
OccupationFitter
Address173 Trent Boullard, West Bridgford, Nottingham, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs A C Scanlon, 173 Trent Boullard, West Bridgford, Nottingham, England
Enlistment date31 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 10), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Annie SCANLON, 3 Mapperley Crescent, Woodborough Road, Nottingham, England

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