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Alfred John TOWNSEND

Regimental number7382
Place of birthHomebush New South Wales
ReligionBaptist
OccupationDraughtsman
AddressCarrington Street, Homebush, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, John Clark Townsend, Carrington Street, Homebush, New South Wales
Previous military service40th Infantry
Enlistment date10 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name7th Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/26/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 9 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialGezaincourt Communal Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Clark and Rachel Elizabeth TOWNSEND, "Longton", Concord, Homebush, Sydney, New South Wales

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