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Roy Lawrence CEDERBERG

Regimental number2345
Place of birthGoodwood Park, Adelaide, South Australia
SchoolGoodwood State School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
AddressWeller Street, Goodwood Park, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18.9
Height5' 8.75"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Cederberg, Weller Street, Goodwood Park, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Senior Cadets; transferred to 3rd Battery, Field Artillery, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date28 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 June 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, near Guedecourt, France
Age at death18
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground, Grass Lane (Plot VII, Row K, Grave No. 7), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Angul and Annie CEDERBERG. Native of South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin: 5616 Pte Thomas Edward MARRIOTT, 27th Bn, killed in action, 30 August 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CEDERBERG Roy Lawrence

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