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Augustus William SINCLAIR

Regimental number2443
Place of birthToodyay, Western Australia
SchoolToodyay State School and Scot's College, Western Australia
Age on arrival in Australia32
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ethel Marianne Sinclair, Riversdale, Toodyay, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed for three years in the 18th Australian Light Horse, Toodyay, Western Australia.
Enlistment date31 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 May 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
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 23), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
64
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Jane SINCLAIR; husband of Ethel SINCLAIR, "Tanjories", Toodyay, Western Australia. Native of Toodyay
Family/military connections1st Cousins: No.829 Cecil Hilary Sinclair, 10th Australian Light Horse, who was killed in action at Raffa in the Middle East on 9 January 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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