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William URQUAHART

Regimental number1014
Place of birthScotland
SchoolPetersham Public School, New South Wales
Age on arrival in Australia4
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSurvey draughtsman
AddressDrynan Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elsia Auburn Urquahart, c/o Miss Brown, Drynan Street, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Scottish Rifles.
Enlistment date26 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name38th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/55/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 December 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 14), Armetieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
130
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Helen Wardrobe URQUHART; husband of Mrs. E.A. URQUHART, "Swan Crae", Dryman Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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