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Albert James HANDLEY

Regimental number2215
Place of birthBairnsdale, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPlumber
AddressBairnsdale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, T Handley, Bull Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Previous military service45th Infantry
Enlistment date18 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name46th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/63/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBuried Military Cemetery, Poperingle
FateDied of wounds 1 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row C, Grave No. ?), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary HANDLEY, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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