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George Roy LANCASTER

Regimental number2894
Place of birthAscot Vale, Victoria
SchoolAscot Vale State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressMoonee Ponds, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, G Lancaster, 26A Bloom Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date12 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VI, Row I, Grave No. 19), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
73
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Wilhelmina LANCASTER

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