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Henry Lloyd LIGHT

Regimental number3202
Place of birthCoromandel Valley, South Australia
SchoolPublic School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPainter
AddressCoromanel Valley, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Light, Coromanel Valley, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Aust Light Horse for 3 years.
Enlistment date3 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 7 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death27.6
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemtery (Plot XXIII, Row G, Grave No. 12), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Jane LIGHT, Coromandel Valley, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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