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Francis NEWSTEAD

Regimental number2419
Place of birthBrighton, Victoria
SchoolBrighton State School
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressMaskell Street, Brighton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMr W Newstead, Maskell Street, Brighton, Victoria
Previous military service20th Battery Australian Field Artillery; Served as a Senior Cadet and Citizen Military Forces Trainee Artillery.
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentTrumpeter
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column, Headquarters
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 12 May 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20.9
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth NEWSTEAD, 7 Maskell Street, Brighton, Victoria
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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