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Eric Norman SEARLE

Regimental number1922
Place of birthTamworth, New South Wales
SchoolTamworth Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressNorth Street, Tamworth, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, Frederick Searle, Tamworth, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name33rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/50/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 4 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row F, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
123
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Margaret SEARLE, North Street, Tamworth, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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