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George Walter BUCKRIDGE

Regimental number3776
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolCleveland St High School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBookkeeper
Address18 Bennett Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, R J Buckridge, 18 Bennett Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Compulsory Military Training scheme and in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment dateNO ENTRY
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 15 April 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name George Watkin
Place of death or woundingLagnicourt, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Rowland and Jeanne BUCKRIDGE, "Runic", Chelmsford Avenue, Artarmon, New South Wales. Born at Sydney
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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