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Albert REAY

Regimental number3264
Place of birthWallsend, New South Wales
SchoolPlattsburg
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLabourer
AddressPlattsburg, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ann Reay, Wentworth Street, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date25 September 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 July 1918
Place of death or woundingMorlancourt, France
Age at death31
Place of burialFranvillers Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary REAY, Wentworth Street, Wallsend, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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