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John Robert SELBY

Regimental number12406
Place of birthSelbourne, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressHagley, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Selby, Hagley, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 6, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 12 June 1917
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth SELBY, Quamby, Hagley, Tasmania. Native of Selbourne, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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