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Eric William Stanley ROSSIE

Regimental number4118
Place of birthHamilton Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBank clerk
AddressJackson Street, Casterton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, William McW Rossie, Casterton, Victoria
Enlistment date1 August 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 21 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot LXIV, Row K, Grave No. I), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Marjorie ROSSIE, 33 Balston Street, East St. Kilda, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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