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Wilfred Thomas EMERY

Regimental number4192
Place of birthNeerim South, Victoria
SchoolNeerim South State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressNeerim South, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs C A Emery, Neerim South, Victoria
Enlistment date30 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll30 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 August 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row O, Grave No. 4), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
49
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and C.A. EMERY. Native of Neerim South, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousins: 4605 Pte Abraham Prosser SAWYER, 59th Bn, killed in action, 19 July 1916; 1733 Pte Hugh Robert STEPHENS, 59th Bn, returned to Australia, 19 June 1919; 1763 Sergeant Walter Edwin STEPHENS, 59th Bn, killed in action, 29 November 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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