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Lionel Ernest Osborne WILSHIRE

Regimental number1276
Place of birthMelbourne Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressMelbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinSister, Miss Gladys Osborne Wilshire, Collins House, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date7 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name36th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 13 May 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll35th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot Ii, Row C, Grave No. 8), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Osborne and Mary Louisa Howe WILSHIRE
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt Sydney Harold WILSHIRE, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, 31 July 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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