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Horace Leslie GOLDSMITH

Regimental number9173
Place of birthNewtown, New South Wales
SchoolCleveland Street Superior Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressSouth Kensington, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Florence Goldsmith, Harbourne Road, South Kensington, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military service12th Battery Australian Field Artillery; Served in Compulsory training and Militia.
Enlistment date22 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 1, Reinforcement 18
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/11/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Divisional Signal Company
FateDied of disease 13 November 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death13 November 1918
Age at death21.10
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Oliver and Florence GOLDSMITH, Harborne Road, South Kensington, Sydney

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