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Matthew BIRTHISLE

Regimental number953
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSleeper cutter
AddressChiltern, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ann Birthisle, Chiltern, Victoria
Enlistment date6 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia, Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire, England.
FateDied of disease 5 February 1919
Date of death5 February 1919
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records43
Place of burialFovant (St. George) Churchyard, (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 5), Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2577 Pte Edward James BIRTHISEL, 6th Bn, killed in action, Pozie?res, France, 18 August 1916.

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