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Harry Alfred ROSSENDELL

Regimental number2894
Place of birthNewtown Tasmania
ReligionBaptist
OccupationButcher
AddressRisdon Road, New Town, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Rossendell, Risdon Road, New Town, Tasmania
Enlistment date4 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 21 October 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6-10 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLouverval Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 5), Doignies, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Margaret ROSSENDELL, Risdon Road, Newtown, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2895 Pte George Clarence ROSSENDELL, 12th Bn, returned to Australia, 31 October 1917; [2272] Lt Cecil William ROSENDELL [sic] MM, CdeG, 51st Bn, returned to Australia, 15 June 1919.
Other details

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

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