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Herbert UPSON

Regimental number958
Place of birthBloonsbury, England
SchoolGlomsford School, Suffolk, England
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDairying
AddressWilliam Upson, Snowden Fen, Hallstead, Essex, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, William Upson, Snowden Fen, Hallstead, Essex, England
Enlistment date9 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 July 1915
Place of death or woundingDied of wounds in Malta.
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot B, Row I, Grave No. 2), Europe
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
78
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. W. UPSON, Snowden Fen, Halstead, Essex

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