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Arthur Gordon YAXLEY

Regimental number4808
Place of birthTasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressSpreyton, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Yaxley, Spreyton PO, Spreyton, Tasmania
Enlistment date1 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameNo 4 Tunnelling Company and 1st Reinforcements (May 1916)
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/13/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 25 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateReturned to Australia 5 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Matthew and Susan YAXLEY. b. Hamilton-on-Forth, Scotland. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, Launceston, TAS.
Other detailsMedals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death3 August 1921
Age at death34
Place of burialno details

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