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Harry Wilfred WADDINGTON

Regimental number2033A
Place of birthEarlestown, Lancashire, England
SchoolEarlestown District School, England
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWheelwright
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Joseph Waddington, 90 Earl Street, Earlstown, England
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS Makatini on 10 September 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2033
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of malignant cachexia.
FateDied of disease 18 March 1916
Place of death or woundingDied in hospital at Cairo, Egypt.
Age at death26
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave 6), Egypt.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Rebecca WADDINGTON.

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