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Lionel Victor STRICKLAND

Regimental number6247
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationElectrical wireman
AddressArthur Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 10"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Miriam Ethel Strickland, Arthur Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military service93rd Infantry Snnr, Cadets. A Cap.
Enlistment date4 October 1915
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name8th Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Field Company Engineers
FateReturned to Australia 12 May 1919
Date of death6 November 1919
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCornelian Bay Cemetery (Portion Church of England, Plot V, Row 24, Grave No. 607), Hobart, Tasmania
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parnts: Victor St. Andrew and Miriam Etheline STRICKLAND. Native of Hobart, Tasmania. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, Hobart, TAS.
Discharge date31 October 1919
Other details

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Napier', 12 May 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 2 July 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Hobart, 31 October 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to war service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, STRICKLAND Lionel Victor

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