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Emanuel SERONG

Regimental number4590
Place of birthLang Lang, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address48B York Place, Prahran, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs M A Serong, 48B York Place, Prahran, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 September 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme Sector, France
Age at death39
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Grace ARMSTRONG (formerly SERONG), and the late John SERONG; Wife: Mary SERONG, 45 Murry Street, West Coburg, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Alexandria, 28 February 1916.

Allotted to and proceeded to join 57th Bn, 29 March 1916; taken on strength, 57th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, and taken on strength, 3 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SERONG Emanuel

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