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William Frederick FLOESSELL

Regimental number2165
Place of birthHelsingfors, Finland
ReligionLutheran
OccupationCivil engineer
Address'Linton', Kirribilli, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 7"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Lilian Maude Floessell, 219 Peterborough Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Previous military serviceServed in the Russian Imperial Reserve for 4 years.
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 4 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 26 September 1917
Discharge date27 December 1917
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War service: embarked from Sydney, 4 September 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 29 October 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 31 December 1916.

Admitted to 13th Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 4 April 1917 (rheumatism); invalided to England, 10 April 1917, and admitted to Middlesex War Hospital, Clacton-on-Sea, 10 April 1917. Marched into No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 15 August 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Borda', 26 September 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 21 November 1917; re-embarked on board HT 'Suevic' for Sydney, 22 November 1917; discharged, 27 December 1917 (medically unfit: arthritis).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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