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John William URQUHART

Regimental number2264
Place of birthColac, Victoria
SchoolColac State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressMalvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMother, Mrs Rhoda Urquhart, 7 Stanhope Street, Malvern, Victoria
Enlistment date19 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name46th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/63/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row C, Grave No. 17A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Cramb and Rhoda URQUHART, 17 Grace Street, Malvern, Victoria. Native of Colac, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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