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Offord William DUPREZ

Regimental number934
Place of birthCoolamon New South Wales
SchoolSuperior Public Schools, Coolamon, Junee, Adelong and Cootamundra, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway employee
AddressPolice Station, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinW A Duprez, Police Station, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Enlistment date18 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/12/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Newcastle, New South Wales, on board HMAT A58 Kabinga on 21 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds 20 September 1916
Place of death or woundingBir-el-Mazas
Age at death19.9
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 19), Egypt.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
5
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Alexander and Johanna DUPREZ, Police Station, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Native of Coolamon, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: [4362] Lt Arthur Alexander DUPREZ MC, 55th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 June 1919; 7822 Corporal Hamilton Adair DUPREZ, AIF Depots in the United Kingdom, returned to Australia, 22 July 1919.

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