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Russell Highfield HAWSE

Regimental number967
Place of birthKilmore, Victoria
SchoolCollingwood State School, Collingwood, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSalesman
AddressFreshwater Creek, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinJ R Hawse, State School, Freshwater Creek, Geelong, Victoria
Enlistment date27 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPasschendaele New British Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row E, Grave NO. 22), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Isabella HAWSE, 92 McPherson Street, Moonee Pond's, Victoria

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