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Francis Albert TORBITT

Regimental number2131
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address22 Mary Street, Richmond, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 5"
Weight128 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Torbitt, 22 Mary Street, Richmond, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 5 years in the Senior Cadets and Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date6 July 1915
Place of enlistmentGeelong, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19-20 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 76), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Robson and Annie Roberta TORBITT, 23 Stanley Street, Richmond, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2130 Sergeant Edward Charles TORBITT, Australian Army Pay Corps, returned to Australia, 15 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 18 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 22 March 1916.

Taken on strength of 29th Bn, Brighton Beach, 1 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 20 July 1916.

Buried at Eaton Hall Military Cemetery by Reverend S. A. Beveridge.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, TORBITT Francis Albert

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