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Raymond Leon BOUSQUET

Regimental number753
Place of birthGlanville, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressHart Street, Glanville, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Bousquet, Hart Street, Glanville, South Australia
Previous military service76th Infantry; Served in the 77th Bn (Cadets) and 76th Bn (Citizen Military Forces), SA.
Enlistment date16 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 8, Reinforcement 14
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/13/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death4 September 1918
Age at death22.3
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block Q, Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 7), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Mary Ann BOUSQUET, Hart Street, Glanville, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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