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William Ray JAQUES

Regimental number3166
Date of birth22 June 1891
Place of birthPort Augusta, South Australia
SchoolNorth School, Broken Hill, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBrozill Street, North Broken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Jaques, Brozill Street, North Broken Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 June 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialLa Plus Douve Farm Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 3), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret JAQUES, Brazil Street, North Bokekn Hill, New South Wales. Native of Port Augusta, South Australia
Other detailsSon of John James and Margaret Susan (nee Meyers) Jaques - married 28 January 1862. He had two sisters, Hilda Marjorie and Florence Ruby.

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