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Roy STREET

Regimental number6085
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolBrunswick State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address13 Overend Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs K Street, 13 Overend Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets and Compulsory Training Scheme.
Enlistment date6 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C. Grave No. 60), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Katherine STREET, 13 Overend Street, East Brunswick Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5467 Private Carl STRIEFF, 29th Company Army Service Corps, returned to Australia, 21 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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