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Andrew Buxton BRITTLEBANK

Regimental number1886
SchoolChurch of England Grammar School, Ballarat, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStudent
AddressAgricultural High School Farm, Warrnambool, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Mr Thomas Andrew Brittlebank, Agricultural High School Farm, Warrnambool, Victoria
Previous military service46th Infantry; Served in the Cadets and in the 12th Light Horse, Sale, Victoria.
Enlistment date17 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 8 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBroodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele, Belgium
Date of death15 October 1917
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAeroplane Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 5), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: T.A. and Marion BRITTLEBANK, High School Farm, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. Native of Myrniong
Family/military connectionsCousins: 589 Pte Cyril Clifton BRITTLEBANK, 13th Light Horse & 1st Cyclists' Bn, died of disease, 23 May 1918; 3679 Pte Thomas Napier MYERS, 41st Bn, killed in action, 1 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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