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Aeneas BARRENGER

Regimental number6256
Other NamesAeneas Henry
SchoolBeaconsfield State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressKing Island, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Mr E A Barrenger, King Island, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date21 June 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A59 Botanist on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20.10
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 3), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
64
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Beaconsfield State School Roll of Honour ('Esse Quam Videri': To be Be rather than to Seem), Tasmania.Parents: Ernest Alfred and Eliza BARRENGER, Currie, King Island, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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