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Louis Otto DUSCHKE

Regimental number6255
Place of birthWarracknabeal, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
AddressGidginbung, via Cootamundra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather
Enlistment date6 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingProyart, near Peronne, France
Age at death21.10
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 20), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
40
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Heinrich and Sophie MinnieDUSCHKE, Cigginbung, New South Wales. Born in Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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