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John William CAMP

Regimental number3265
Place of birthKimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
SchoolSt Mary's Domincan Convent, Cape Province, South Africa (Catholic)
Age on arrival in Australia31
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Addressc/o R Holloway, 36 Fairlight Street, Manly, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinAunt, Mrs M A Camp, Main Road, Plumstead, Cape Province, South Africa
Previous military serviceServed in Cyclist Coy, Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3265A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 7), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
156
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Charlotte CAMP. Native of Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa. 7
Family/military connectionsNil

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