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Zephaniah POULTNEY

Regimental number480
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarm labourer
Address19 Melville Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 6.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ann Elizabeth Poultney, 19 Melville Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Place of enlistmentPontville, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 January 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date if death recorded incorrectly on Nominal Roll as 9 January 1919.
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 36), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
son of Mrs Ann POULTNEY; husband of Ellen POULTNEY, Kiah Lodge, Berridale, New South Wales. Native of Hobart, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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

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