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Herbert Henry SOARS

Regimental number3627
Place of birthWards River, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGloucester, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, A Soars, Gloucester, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 12 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 November 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row A, Grave No. 2), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
34
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Elizabeth SOARS, Gloucester, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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