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Harry Vivian Skelton SLEEP

Regimental number4694
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolBallarat College, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrazier
AddressLongwarry, Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinFather, Lieut-Colonel J T Sleep, 2 Nolan Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the [tullebardens] 2nd Scottish Horse Regiment, South Africa.
Enlistment date20 June 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 June 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameLight Horse, February 1918 Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Port Darwin on 30 April 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularServed as a Lieutenant in the 13th Australian Light Horse and in charge of a machine gun.
FateDied of disease 30 December 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Harry Vivian
Place of death or woundingEgypt
Age at death48
Age at death from cemetery records48
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row Q, Grave No. 231), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
4
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Janet SLEEP. Dies of pneumonia

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