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Albert Victor WHEATLEY

Regimental number2412
Place of birthBrighton, Tasmania
SchoolPrivate School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBrighton, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Wheatley, Brighton, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of disease 11 February 1917
Place of death or woundingEngland
Age at death24
Place of burialDurrington Cemetery (Grave 190), Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in St Mary's Anglican Churchyard, Pontville, Tasmania; Parents: Jane and H C WHEATLEY
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1104 Pte Percy Alfred WHEATLEY, 15th Bn, died of wounds, 18 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Died of influenza, England.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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