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John Edwin McRITCHIE

Regimental number3889
Place of birthCollingwood, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationIronworker
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinAunt, Mrs Flora McRitchie, 16 Sandilands Road, South Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date22 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 56) (Rosenberg Plateau Plots), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Sarah MCRITCHIE
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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