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William SIZER

Regimental number2945
Place of birthEchuca Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
AddressBoulder, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWife, Mrs B Sizer, 687 Launceston Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Enlistment date27 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 30 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 November 1917
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No. 18), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Unit should read 5th Australian Pioneers

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