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Victor Rowland GODFREY

Regimental number19791
Place of birthHawthorn, Victoria
Other NamesVictor Roland
SchoolMannington Road State School, Glenferrie, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
Address4 Grandview Grove, Armadale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, S H Godfrey, 4 Grandview Grove, Armadale, Victoria
Enlistment date27 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 8, Battery 30
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/36/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Divisional Ammunition Column
FateDied of sickness 12 March 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Died en route to Australia
Place of death or woundingEngland
Date of death12 March 1917
Age at death24
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsHollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Died of sickness, en route to Australia, on S.S. "Karoola"

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