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Lindsay STEER

Regimental number2482
Place of birthWolseley South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressBordertown, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Steer, Bordertown, South Australia
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 21 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 27 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialContalmaison Chateau Cemtery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Mundulla Cemetery, South Australia. Parents: George (d. 7 January 1920, aged 68.5; bu. Mundulla Cemetery) and Alice STEER (d. 8 September 1944, aged 82; bu. Mundulla Cemetery), Bordertown, South Australia. Native of Cannawigra, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin: 3008 Driver Gordon John STAUDE, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, died of disease, 25 October 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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