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James Francis TOWNSEND

Regimental number2035
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSafemaker
Address61 Little Walker Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Alf J Townsend, 61 Little Walker Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date25 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 August 1915
Date of death14 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row E, Grave No. 71), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
31
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred Joseph and Eliza Ann TOWNSEND, 18 Neutral Street, Sydney, New South Wales

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