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Arthur Mackay BOXSHALL

Regimental number2576
Place of birthClearmont, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBack Beach Road, Sorrento, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs A Boxshall, Back Beach Road, Sorrento, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as Senior Sergeant in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3576
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Date of death14 November 1916
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Charlotte BOXSHALL; husband of Ann M. Brown (formerly BOXSHALL), 37 Rowena Parade, Richmond, Victoria. Native of New South Wales

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