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Louis Walter TEITZEL

Regimental number769
Date of birth--/11/1869
Place of birthWarwick, Queensland
SchoolState School, Warwick, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTelegraphist
AddressPalmerine Street, Warwick, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, H A E Teitzel, Palmerine Street, Warwick, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant Major
Unit name25th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
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2nd Lieutenant


Unit: INF25
Promotion date: 1 April 1916

FateKilled in Action 29 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death30
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground, Grass Lane (Plot XII, Row K, Grave No. 9), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
106
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr. H.A.C. and Mrs. B.A. TEITZEL, Warwick, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt Arthur Leslie TEITZEL, 42nd Bn, returned to Australia.

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