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Victor Allen SQUIRES

Regimental number1648
Place of birthHamilton, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTimber miller
AddressHastings, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Squires, Hastings, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 April 1918
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemtery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 30), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Elizabeth SQUIRES, Tyenna, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 7799 Corporal David Monto SQUIRES, 40th Bn, returned to Australia, 4 July 1919.

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