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Eric Gordon TERRELL

Regimental number14522
Place of birthQueenstown, Port Adelaide, South Australia
SchoolPort Adelaide Public School, South Australia
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationCarpenter
AddressAdelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Lewis Terrell, Osborne Street, Largs Bay, South Australia
Previous military service76th Infantry; Served in the Cadets.
Enlistment date11 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameJuly 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A44 Vestalia on 11 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of disease 29 October 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23.11
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row K, Grave No. 23), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick John and Elizabeth Lewis TERRELL, Cherry Gardens, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 186 Gunner Frederick Leopold TERRELL, 12th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 6 June 1918.

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