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Joseph SEAGE

Regimental number2231
Place of birthBathurst, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School and St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBoilermaker
AddressBurraga, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Height5' 7.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs M A Seage, Burraga, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 April 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 14 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 13 February 1916
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death16 March 1917
Age at death44
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Portion Roman Catholic, Plot C, Grave No. 1078), New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
70
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Patrick and Mary SEAGE. Native of Bathurst, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin: 203 Pte Cecil Thomas SEAGE, 60th Railway Company, returned to Australia, 28 October 1918. Four nephews, 2 returned, one died of illness in England, one killed.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died from hemiplegia, bullet wound head, 16 March 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death16 March 1917
SourcesNAA: B2455, SEAGE Joseph

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