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William Roy LOCKE

Regimental number3989
Place of birthQueenscliff, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBaker
AddressTongala, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMrs S R Locke, Tongala, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Boy Scouts and Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date29 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 August 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 15), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Job and Selina LOCKE, Lauderdale, Victoria. Native of Queenscliffe, Victoria

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