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Reginald Hugh CHEESMAN

Regimental number2147
Place of birthBrighton, Sussex, England
SchoolCentral School, Church Street, Brighton, England
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLoco cleaner
AddressPenrith, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Harriet Sarah Cheesman, Kensington Place, Brighton, Sussex, England
Previous military serviceCadet Steward in the Merchant Service for 5 years
Enlistment date22 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name45th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/62/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied Kitchener's Military Hospital, Brighton, England, endocarditis, pericarditis
FateDied of disease 21 January 1917
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBrighton Borough Cemetery (PG. 84), Suzzex
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
139
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Cornelius and harriett CHEESMAN, Kensington Place, Brighton

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