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Mark AKERS

Regimental number3679
Date of birth1897
Place of birthLocksley, Victoria
SchoolLocksley State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressLocksley, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Akers, Locksley, Victoria
Enlistment date4 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death20
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Catherine AKERS.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3002 Pte Joseph AKERS, 7th Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917; Cousin: 2516 Lance Corporal Charles Alfred AKERS, 35th Bn, killed in action, 13 October 1917.

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