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Sackville SEAT

Regimental number2509
Place of birthWindsberry, England
SchoolCharlbury School, Oxfordshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Ann Seat, 10 Lower Grosvenor Road, London, England
Previous military serviceServed in the Charlbury, Oxfordshire Territorial Force unit.
Enlistment date11 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A63 Karoola on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'He leaves one sister 32 years old, and was always a good son to his Mother who is now 62 years old and still in service here at 10 Lower Grosvenor Place.' (details from mother)
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 45), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
64
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Sarah SEAR, 10 Lower Grosvenor Road, Pimlico, London, England. Native of Dustfield Farm, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, England
Family/military connectionsCousin: 5788 CSM Joseph Samuel WIGGINS, 28th Bn, returned to Australia, 18 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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