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William GARRETT

Regimental number225
Place of birthBootle, Liverpool, England
SchoolSt Paul's Protestant School, England
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSeaman
Address40 Beatrice Street, Bootle, Liverpool, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Garrett, 40 Beatrice Street, Bootle, Liverpool, England
Previous military serviceServed as Seaman in Royal Naval Reserve.
Enlistment date27 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialRation Farm Military Cemetery (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 43), La Chapelle d'Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth Garrett, 40 Beatrice Street, Bootle, Liverpool England
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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