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Harold VAGG

Regimental number6839
Place of birthSouth Fremantle, Western Australia
SchoolBeaconsfield State School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSlaughterman
AddressScott Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, E Vagg, Scott Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date6 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 19), Messines, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Annie VAGG, 19 Frederick Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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