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John Thomas SINCLAIR

Regimental number4290
Place of birthGuy Fawkes, New South Wales
Place of birthBellingen, New South Wales
SchoolBurrigan Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBoat Harbor, Lismore, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinSister, Mrs Alice Amos, Ryan Street, Sout Grafton, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date18 May 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Port Nicholson on 8 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHis real name was Frederick Cecil Edwards, but assumed the name John Thomas Sinclair.
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialMericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Taxville and Mary EDWARDS; husband of Alice E. EDWARDS, Armidale Road, South Grafton, New South Wales. Native of Clarence River, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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