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William KLAUKE

Regimental number3163
Place of birthMarburg Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShunter
AddressRailway Station, Warwick, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Frederick William Klauke, Rosewood PO, Rosewood, Queensland
Enlistment date10 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 22 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Machine Gun Company
FateDied of wounds 23 March 1918
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick William and Rose Barbara KLAUKE, Rosewood, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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