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Harold WAKELING

Regimental number1080
Place of birthBrunswick, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
Address101 Roden Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMrs Ethel Wakeling, 101 Roden Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date27 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularServed in Egypt, Gallipoli and France. Torpedoed on the Southland, at the evacuation.
FateKilled in Action 26 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death26
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No 1 (Plot VIII, Row H, Grave 7), Beaumont-Hamel, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Ethel WAKELING.
Family/military connectionsCousin to William Henry Wakeling of the 10th Field Ambulance who died of wounds in France 23rd May 1918.

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