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Anthony Austin STREET

Regimental number63787
Place of birthDouble Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolSydney Grammar School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressElizabeth Bay, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 6"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, J.W. Street, 'Ennis Killen', Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales
Previous military serviceSenior Cadets (4 years); NSW Scouts (1.5 years, still serving)
Enlistment date10 December 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 35
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/128/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Orontes on 5 June 1918
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll35th Reinforcements, Field Artillery Brigades
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia influenza.
FateDied of disease 16 October 1918
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSalisbury (London Road) (Row 4, Grave No. 4), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
22
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John William and Mary Veronica STREET
Family/military connectionsBrother to Major Geoffrey Austin STREET MC, 1st Battalion, AIF.
Other details

War service: England.

Embarked Sydney, 5 June 1918; admitted to Ship's Hospital, 25 June 1918 (tonsillitis); discharged, 4 July 1918; disembarked, Liverpool, England, 11 August 1918; marched into Reserve Bde Australian Artillery, Heytesbury, 12 August 1918.

Admitted to Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 9 October 1918 (influenza); .

Died, Sutton Veny Hospital, 16 October 1918 (influenza, and pneumonia).

War Medal: British War Medal.
SourcesNAA: B2455, STREET Anthony Austin

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