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William Gregory SHARP

Regimental number3147
Place of birthCorindhap, Victoria
SchoolCorindhap State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressCorindhap,Ballarat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs. E. Sharp, Corindhap, Ballarat, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets, Colac, Victoria
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateDied of disease 23 November 1915
Place of death or woundingDied in hospital, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt.
Age at death18.11
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 203), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
54
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Malcolm and Ellen SHARP, corindhap, Victoria

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