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William Manning PANKHURST

Regimental number1946
Place of birthTaree New South Wales
SchoolTaree District School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressTinonee, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Fanny Elizabeth Pankhurst, Tinonee, Manning River, New South Wales
Enlistment date29 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 4 September 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1946a
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21t
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row T, Grave No 11), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Dawson River Cemetery, Taree, New South Wales. Parents: Fanny Elizabeth PANKHURST, of Wellesley, High Street, Taree, New South Wales, and the late Thomas PANKHURST
Family/military connectionsSister: Staff Nurse Hannah PANKHURST, Australian Army Nursing Service, returned to Australia, 29 January 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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