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Stanley WITCOMBE

Regimental number4537
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCigarmaker
AddressCabramatta Road, Mosman, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinSister, Miss M Witcombe, c/o Phillip and House, Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date11 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
92
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert James and Bessie Elizabeth WITCOMBE
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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