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William BARCLAY

Regimental number796
Place of birthAllendale, Victoria
SchoolState School, Eldorado, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRutherglen, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Lucy McIntosh, Murphy Street,Rutherglen, Victoria
Enlistment date4 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name39th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death10 January 1917
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery, (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
130
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Lucy Bertha McIntosh Barclay, Murphy Street, Rutherglen, Victoria. Native of Allendale
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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