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William Joseph BRANCH

Regimental number1344
Place of birthChatham, Kent, England
Age on arrival in Australia34
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Address135 Ebley Street, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinBrother, G F Branch, 135 Ebley Street, Bondi Junction, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed 12 years in the Royal Navy.
Enlistment date24 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialYpres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 58), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
139
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Joseph and Francis BRANCH. Native of Chatham, England

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