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Henry Walter Seymour DUMBRILL

Regimental number1134
Place of birthSemaphore, South Australia
SchoolLe Fevers Peninsula Public School, Semaphore, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMilitary Road, Semaphore, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation17
Next of kinFather, Herbert Seymour Dumbrill, Military Road, Semaphore, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the 77th Battalion Military Cadets as Bugler.
Enlistment date23 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT Themistocles on 7 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1916
Place of death or woundingMouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death18.8
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialCourcelette British Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 1), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
58
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert Seymour and Emily DUMBRILL, Military Road, South Semaphore, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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