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George Melbourne MARGINSON

Regimental number680
Place of birthUnion Street, Brunswick, Victoria
SchoolCentral Brunswick State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
Address146 Brunswick Street, West Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMaria Marginson, 146 Brunswick Street, West Brunswick, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in School Cadets and Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date6 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was wounded Moquet Farm during engagement of September 1916.
FateKilled in Action 22 April 1918
Place of death or woundingAlbert, France
Age at death23.8
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot X, Row C, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Maria MARGINSON, 3 Childers Street, Kew East, Victoria. native of Brunswick, Victoria

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