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David Stanley Ormond CAMBRIDGE

Regimental number3788
Place of birthDimboola, Victoria
SchoolDimboola Village Settlement, Victoria
Other training2 years at International Correspondence School
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressDimboola, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, A Cambridge, Dimboola, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 July 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Stated to be David Hanley Cambridge on NR
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death21.5
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery, (Plot IV, Row V, Grave No. 9), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Mrs M.J. CAMBRIDGE. Native of Dimboola, Victoria
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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