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Gustave Edwin SEMMLER

Regimental number3703
Place of birthSprington, South Australia
SchoolLutheran School, SPrington, South Australia
ReligionLutheran
OccupationFarmer
AddressBarmedman, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Ludwig Semmler, Springton, South Australia
Enlistment date29 August 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name55th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/72/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 31 October 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3703A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialDoingt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, row C, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
30
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herman and Ernestine SEMMLER, Springton, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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