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Joseph Austin SORBY

Regimental number19823
Place of birthNewcastle, New South Wales
SchoolCamberwell Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Address13 Hildebrandt Crescent, Grace Park, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, C E Sorby, 13 Hildebrandt Crescent, Grace Park, Hawthorn, Victoria
Previous military service25th Battery Australian Field Artillery; Melbourne Citizen Forces : Field Artillery
Enlistment date13 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 8, Battery 30
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/36/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollComissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateDied of disease 4 April 1918
Age at death23
Place of burialEcclesall (All Saints) Churchyard (North of Church Tower), Yorkshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Helen SORBY, 16 Moore Street, Hawthorn, Melbourne, victoria

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