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Job Frederick SWAIN

Regimental number1423
Place of birthCardiff, Wales
Other trainingNil
Age on arrival in Australia18.6
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWirrabara, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Swain, Wirrabara, South Australia
Enlistment date28 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 2 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 May 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Frederick Job
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death19.6
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialBeach Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 7), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
60
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Mary SWAIN, Orange Vale, Montacute, South Australia. Native of Cardiff, Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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