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Jules Leopold VIRIEUX

Regimental number6360
Place of birthFlinders Island, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressFlinders Island, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs S A Virieux, Flinders Island, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 June 1916
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A59 Botanist on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 November 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Claude Albert and Sarah Ann VIRIEUX
Discharge date18 June 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Thermistocles', 5 November 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 31 December 1917, for onward travel to Hobart; discharged Hobart, 18 June 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to war service.
Date of death10 November 1934
Age at death44
Place of burialdied at Long Point, cemetery reads as Pap or Pop River??
SourcesNAA: B2455, VIRIEUX Jules Leopold

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