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William Minifie FIELD

Regimental number7480
Place of birthBrunswick, Victoria
SchoolScotch College, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressGoldsborough, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinWife, Mrs J Field, Goldsborough, Victoria
Previous military serviceCaptain on the reserve list, Military Forces.
Enlistment date15 May 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 4 August 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingHarbonnieres, France
Age at death39.11
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 16), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Florence Kate FIELD; husband of Jessie FIELD, Gladstone Street, Sandringham, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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