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Fred PACKER

Regimental number1126
Place of birthWest Green, Tottenham, England
SchoolWhite Hart Lane School, Wood Green, Middlesex, England.
Other trainingDriver
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver's assistant
AddressVictoria Coffee Palace, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, William Packer, Town Hall, Woodgreen, London, England
Previous military serviceServed eight years with the Royal Navy.
Enlistment date22 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Division Artillery
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe purchased a discharge from the Royal Navy before emigrating to Australia.
FateKilled in Action 30 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death28
Place of burialGuards' Cemetery (Plot II, Row R, Grave No. 1), Lesboeufs, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
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