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Victor Bernard ANCHOR

Regimental number2557
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolFort Street Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address33 Erskine Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 5"
Weight151 lbs
Next of kinFather, P B Anchor, Mills Hotel, Fifty Sixth Street, New York, USA
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 August 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Bernard and Mary ANCHOR, 237 Kent Street, Sydney
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, ANCHOR Victor Bernard

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