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Kenneth Gordon SHARPE

Regimental number2440
Place of birthLobethal, South Australia
SchoolLithgow Street State School, Abbotsford, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationWoolcarter's assistant
Address74 Barkley Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs Eunice Catherine Sharpe, 74 Barkley Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/15/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 18 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia influenza.
FateDied of disease 8 November 1918
Place of death or woundingDied of illness, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialFovant (St. George) Churchyard (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 5), Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Agnes SHARPE; husband of Euncie SHARPE, 58 Collins Street, Thornbury, Victoria

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