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William John MICHELL

Regimental number872
Place of birthNothcote, Victoria
SchoolClifton Hill State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationEngineer
Address11 Bridge Street, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Michell, 11 Bridge Street, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date10 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll872A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 28 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot XII, Row C, Grave No. 4), Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ada MICHELL, 11 Bridge Street, Northcote, Victoria

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