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William Hugh DEMPSTER

Regimental number834
Place of birthSandhurst, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMine timberman
AddressDiamond Hill, Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Hugh Dempster, Diamond Hill, Bendigo, Victoria
Enlistment date2 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Catherine DEMPSTER, Diamond Hill, Bendigo, Victoria

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