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William TAMSETT

Regimental number119
Place of birthRedfern, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolKogarah Superior Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLithographer
AddressThe Esplanade, Brighton Le Sands, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, James Tamsett, The Esplanade, Brighton Le Sands, New South Wales
Previous military service38th Infantry; Served as a Corporal in the 38th Infantry Regiment, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death21.9
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 13), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Edwin and Frances TAMSETT. Native of Redfern, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousins: 2034 Pte James A. TAMSETT, 4th Bn, died of wounds, 22 July 1915; 3119 Pte Sydney COLBERT, 45th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917.

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