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Samuel Harold NORTHEY

Regimental number1246
Place of birthGordon, Victoria
SchoolHealesville West State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationMachinist
AddressHealesville, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, John Henry Northey, Healesville, Victoria
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateKilled in Action 1 June 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteerte Wood, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 8), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mahalah NORTHEY, Healesville, Victoria. Native of Gordons, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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