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Roy Vivian SWAIN

Regimental number349
Place of birthRockhampton, Queensland
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressEast Street, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Arthur Rowland Swain, East Street, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets and Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date17 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
FateDied of wounds 8 March 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death21.11
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
144
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur Rowland and Margaret SWAIN, Black Street, Mount Morgan, Queensland. Native of Rockhampton, Queensland

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