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William Thomas Galvin POWER

Regimental number2436
Place of birthCopeland, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressToowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Burnett, Drew Street, May's Hill, Parramatta, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 21 October 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2536
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 23), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Son of Thomas POWER and Mary BURNETT (formerly POWER)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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