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Claude Lyndon SHORTER

Regimental number2563
Place of birthPetersham, New South Wales
SchoolPublic Schools, New South Wales
Other trainingHawksbury Agricultural College, NSW
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCommercial traveller
Addressc/o H Shorter, Moore Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, W T A Shorter, c/o L H Shorter, Solicitor Moore Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date28 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
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2nd Lieutenant


Unit: INF2
Promotion date: 12 March 1916

FateKilled in Action 24 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. II), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
34
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Margaret SHORTER
Family/military connectionsNil.

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