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Victor Gordon WESTBROOK

Regimental number741
Place of birthUlverstone, Tasmania
SchoolChurch Grammar School, Launceston, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressBurnie, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Claude Hassell Westbrook, National Bank, Burnie, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 June 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave 44), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Claude Hassel and Charlotte Emily WESTBROOK.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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