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Phillip John ESMONDE

Regimental number6741
Place of birthJerilderee, New South Wales
SchoolCatholic School
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address4 Hopkins Street, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, T F Esmonde, Griffith, New South Wales
Enlistment date30 August 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll30 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Port Napier on 17 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 March 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 60), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Francis and Bridget ESMONDE, Cadell Street, Narrandera, New South Wales. Native of Jerilderie, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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